Riding bikes to school with my kids♥ 2024-06-12 For fifteen years, this has reliably been one of my favorite parts of my day
“Homelessness” as a social construct♥ 2023-05-19 For a period in my early 20s, I technically could have been “homeless”
The perfect climb♥ 2023-01-13 Riding a bike up a hill is like eating spicy food, an acquired taste and one that aficionados take seriously
Five times my bike has touched a car♥ 2022-11-14 In the 20 years and 100K mi that I have ridden on Portland area streets, my bike has contacted a car five times
The last normal year♥ 2022-03-03 Is it sinking in yet that 2019 was the last remotely “normal” year, like, ever?
Farm roads♥ 2021-08-06 I grew up on a gravel road, and that’s still my favorite kind of road, and my favorite kind of landscape
Aspects of backpacking, rated♥ 2020-06-23 For much of my 20s many of my jobs looked suspiciously like backpacking and I lived for weeks or months at a time in tents....
No matter where you’re from, we’re glad you’re our neighbor♥ 2020-01-08 The central urbanist question for moderately posh urbanites like myself is: “should poor people be allowed to live in our neighborhood?” If the answer is...
Imagining and building♥ 2019-03-15 There always comes a point where I can’t finish “designing” something in my head. I have to start building it to find the edges.
Trolling Works♥ 2019-02-15 Every three or four years I’ll kick a hornet’s nest by saying something like: fellow front-end devs: if you ever feel intimidated by your back-end...
Reality TV♥ 2018-08-16 Discerning whether something is real or a fantasy is no longer a salient problem for daily existence.
Right and Wrong♥ 2017-07-26 Pondering the distinction between being right (correct) and right (moral).
It’s OK to do well while doing good♥ 2016-02-21 Everything you want to work on, work on it with both hands.
I lied my way into this career♥ 2015-08-06 I reckon the statute of limitations is probably up on this lie.
Eulogy for my father, Vernon Lee Souders, 1936 – 2014♥ 2015-07-04 Delivered at the Merna Community Cemetery, July 2nd, 2015 Dad was not a Churchy man and while he liked to discuss religion, he didn’t often...
Grooves♥ 2015-05-01 Over the last four years I wore a literal groove into the gravel behind the bleachers at the Lewis and Clark baseball diamond.
You’re a Good Man♥ 2014-11-18 About twelve years ago, in the middle of my divorce, my father paid me the greatest compliment I have ever been given.
Etiquette for stranded cyclists♥ 2014-03-17 Scenario: a bike is broken down. Probably a flat tire. Bike and cyclist are on the roadside and might need a little help…
Mountain Bikes♥ 2010-03-08 Dave Moulton wrote today about the evolution of mountain biking. He asked for his readers’ “take on the period” — here’s mine: I grew up...
Last Post of the Decade♥ 2009-12-31 I don't know anyone who says anything other than “good riddance” to the first decade of the 21st century.
How to Improve Open Source User Interfaces♥ 2008-08-08 Programmer Michael Thomas revisits an old theme: Why Free Software has poor usability, and how to improve it. This was a theme I heard a...
Technique and Technology♥ 2008-07-11 You can use a Swiss Army knife to cut your fingernails in two different ways: with the scissors, or with the knife blade.
Chinese Color Symbolism for Foreign Designers♥ 2007-02-26 Dear Honored Foreign Designer, The following is a guide to the use of color in Chinese graphic design. Unlike foreign color symbolism, in which colors...
“Make your vacation your vocation”♥ 2007-02-18 I realized on this trip that I don’t particularly care for travel. For me this is a big admission, although in retrospect it’s kind of...
Arrival: Xiamen♥ 2006-08-09 After about 25 hours of transit we are finally in Xiamen. Flights were all smooth, after a delayed departure from Portland. The delay actually worked...
The Meditative Properties of Commuting♥ 2006-06-16 I rode the bus in today early. I get a lot of thinking done on the bus, but it's languid, unfocused thinking. Conscious dreaming, but...
The Champ♥ 2005-08-30 1990 Honda Civic, Runs, Sort of - $250 (SW Portland) Reply to: anon-xxxxxxxxx@craigslist.orgDate: 2005-07-24, 6:47PM PDT This is a Champagne (transl: “Gold”) 1990 Honda Civic...
Cannot Stop♥ 2002-11-13 To rest is to surrender, to cease even for a heartbeat may mean being overwhelmed.
This is My Cathedral♥ 2002-03-13 The squall of March rain arrives like an announcement, travelling a patient course, propelled by 8000 miles of Pacific Ocean. I hear it crawling eastward...
