How Matters

My oldest nephew turns 14 next week. I haven't seen him in almost a year...

After the storm, after my partner's

Dear Patreon followers and How Matters followers,These are changing times. I spent yesterday picking up our yard and hel...

What options do we have - right now? Even if they are just small steps that are available not  somewhere i

Revisiting this piece from 2019, given what I'm observing in our sector and the pace with which we continue to approach...

I started writing this post while sitting on the cold, hard tile floor in our downstairs, windowless bathroom during a t...

Above: My paternal grandfather Julius Jr. (in the red vest) and his mother Sophie and some of his siblings in 1976, the...

(Image above: Four graw figures running, with a connected thought bubble that contains bedsheets and pillows, entitled "...

The trouble is, as the oldest child, I thought my brothers could come with me. I thought they would be able to see what...

I just saw my cousin Brenda's doppelgänger. One of my favorite things to do in Germany is people watching. I map the fac...

I've been busy...falling in love. So much has happened, so fast, and I am moving towards decisions that include this hum...

When it started to become clear that it might be time to leave Nebraska again a couple of months ago, a friend and mento...

My "preparation" had mostly to do with myself. My balance, my listening.And it was enough. I was enough.Subtle. Welcomin...

This week I signed a contract for my first artistic commission! After not easily locating my voice for the past couple o...

I find it harder and harder to separate interpersonal and family violence from violence built into our organizations, sy...