Miscellanea is prose on earnest living from the porch of a photographer in New Orleans — a home for questions, critique, and curiosities. Let’s grow together.

A few years back, I found myself with lots of time and little to say — with an itching intuition that the challenges I faced would best be approached as opportunities for expression. I was growing, and I wanted a space to share that. The nature of life is transformative, and all of our varying interests inform our experience of growth and change. Miscellanea is my take on that, for anyone ready for some self-reflection.

To get an idea of what it’s like to receive this in your inbox, feel free to read a couple of my favorite issues:

• Give it a push (on moving and hope)

• God is a gutter ball (in praise of doubt)

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