I saw dozens of these “me at the start of 2017” memes floating around at the close of 2017, and I couldn’t help but share in some collective sense of exhaustion after a year marked by alarming US / world news, a very dynamic — sometimes dizzying — work life at a startup, and some pretty significant personal life shifts. Me at the start of 2017 vs me at the end of 2017 pic....
I’ve been slowly scanning my old journals into my computer. I’m worried about my old composition books slowly disintegrating, getting lost, or being destroyed in a natural disaster (cats). On Thursdays, I’ll be digging into the archives of Past Loraine to give you some of those awkward gems. I’ve already started this process on social media, so here are the first two, in case you missed them. Not just ants. Super ants!...
So I arrived in Seattle a few weeks ago, and I’m in the center of a place known for its literary juju. The great Central Seattle Public Library looms in my view, and there are millions of public and private writers’ groups and workshops I can join. 750words was founded here in a little Belltown cafe, the street performers are standing in their punk gear freezing their asses off and strumming ukuleles, and the city is frightening and wonderful....