PinnedMember-onlyI Spent Three Years Selling Healing Crystals as Cure-AllsThey do work, just not in the way people think — For three years, my Monday afternoons, Thursday evenings, and Sundays were spent at a hole in the wall gem shop next to a medical marijuana dispensary. To date, it was the highest-paid and most interesting job I’ve ever had. We were open from 9 am to 9 pm and were…Society6 min readSociety6 min read
Published in Scuzzbucket·Jul 6, 2021Member-onlyI grew up in a constant state of mirageasphalt shimmering, vision warping.Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Published in Scuzzbucket·May 12, 2021Member-onlyphotoreceptor fires in greyclosest I can come to explain it’s those mid-july afternoons laying on a trampoline hot and stained wasting days looking at the sun in the skies all you see is that black, orange, red…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Published in The Riff·May 7, 2021Member-onlySmall Venues, Warm Nights, and The ZolasIf you’re not close enough to be sweat on, was it even worth it? — That night held the mystical warmth of the Pacific North West in January; light rain and heavy clouds holding in heat and humidity. The streets sparkled as the lamps bounced off the slick of the afternoon’s downpour. …Music4 min readMusic4 min read
Mar 9, 2021Member-onlyWhen You’re In The MountainsOn the things you hide from yourself — When I was working in the crystal store, I would always offer black tourmaline. It’s an unassuming stone — black and chunky, glimmering only in the best positions. Without the hype of its benefits, I would be surprised if a single stone would ever be sold. …Life6 min readLife6 min read
Published in Scuzzbucket·Feb 21, 2021Member-onlyThe Saturday ShiftWritten in real time — 7:26 am: Shaken awake by my own innate fear of accidently sleeping through my first Saturday shift at the job I’ve held for five months. My first Saturday shift in over a year. Weekends have been a blissfully unaware time since being laid off in March from my primarily weekend…Life3 min readLife3 min read
Published in Scuzzbucket·Jan 14, 2021Member-onlyBack to work.Work — your work, not your career — requires various certifications. Not the type of certification that you hold on your own, Bachelor's degrees and the like, but rather ones specific only to the job. …Work2 min readWork2 min read
Published in Scuzzbucket·Dec 26, 2020Member-onlyHomeThose tall, unnerving desert mountains welcome me back, shrouded in the darkness. To the untrained eye, the view is nothing but darkness, but as a born and bred here woman, I can differentiate the darkness of the mountain peaks and the darkness of the sky. …Scuzzbucket1 min readScuzzbucket1 min read
Published in Scuzzbucket·Dec 22, 2020Member-onlyWhen the Mountains HideI’ve never trusted places without mountains; flat plains, farm land, middle of the country, nothingness; however, even in places with the most magnificent of peaks, they seem to disappear in clouds of grey. On the coast, thick heavy fog covers the tops, sometimes the only distinction is a slight difference…Scuzzbucket1 min readScuzzbucket1 min read
