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Life in Bangor, Wales: Car-free Living
I spent the 2023-24 school year working toward a master’s degree in Arthurian studies—and there’s only one place in the world where you can do that: Bangor, Wales. Bangor is a terrific community and a place I was proud to call home. Like anywhere else in the world, it comes with its highs and lows.…
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Life in Bangor, Wales: The Weather
I spent the 2023-24 school year working toward a master’s degree in Arthurian studies—and there’s only one place in the world where you can do that: Bangor, Wales. Bangor is a terrific community and a place I was proud to call home. Like anywhere else in the world, it comes with its highs and lows.…
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Life in Bangor, Wales: Community Spirit
I spent the 2023-24 school year working toward a master’s degree in Arthurian studies—and there’s only one place in the world where you can do that: Bangor, Wales. Bangor is a terrific community and a place I was proud to call home. Like anywhere else in the world, it comes with its highs and lows.…
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Conversation with Max, November 2015
Toward the end of 2015, I recorded a conversation with my adopted mom, Max, about her work helping to organize the response to the AIDS epidemic in Lansing, Michigan. I always rued not having saved a copy of the blog for myself. But look what I found digging through my inbox.
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What next after Michigan Uncommitted campaign?
It’s the day after the 2024 Michigan primary. With 95% of the vote counted, more than 100,000 voters in the Michigan Democratic Primary have voted “Uncommitted” to protest Biden’s handling of the war in Gaza.
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The road behind, and the road ahead
As I close in on two years since my Lake Superior Circle Tour, I take one more look back at the trip as a whole. In particular, what I would do differently the next time around—and what I would keep the same.
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Let the world flow around you like water
Remember as a kid when you had teachers tell you, “You have to learn to work in a group because you’ll be working with others for the rest of your life”? Fair enough. But for many of us, it’s a lesson in how to fade into the background and dim our light.
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Lake Superior Circle Tour, 2022: All good things must come to an end
More than a week into my circle tour around Lake Superior, I had experienced so much: a chance encounter with a fox, sunrise over Lake Superior, an ancient arctic canyon. Now, the road was leading back home to Michigan.
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Quiet Revelations: a journey toward self-acceptance
The body and subconscious mind possess a wisdom that will help guide you, if you’re willing to listen. Accepting myself as non-binary was revelatory; a discovery of something that had been hiding in plain sight for an entire lifetime.
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Helen Bass Williams: Purdue’s one-woman civil rights movement
Reflecting on a lifetime of service The below article was written for Purdue University’s School of Languages and Cultures’ summer 2023 graduate student newsletter. I want to express my gratitude to the staff of the Purdue University Archives and Special Collections for their generosity in helping me navigate their resources. I am also deeply appreciative…