Burn This House Down
writing, ceramics, occasional horse content, and a lot of feelings
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- Aug 16, 2026
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Pots problems (opens the original)
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I’m pretty much done with my course schedules for the fall. I’ve never been this organized before. I am not really an organized type, exactly (more like a Toyota just-in-time, slightly chaotic, what-can-I-last-minute-photocopy for class that references what we discussed last class, thus upending the schedule a bit, but for GOOD REASONS, I swear), but I want my fall to run especially smoothly, in case there are jobs to apply for, opportunities to chase. And I’m motivated to spend time in the stud
New projects and many feelings (opens the original)
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I am working on a new project. It’s sort of an old project, too, in a way. I am trying to figure out if this is the next book or not. I think it might be, but it’s hard to know until you write it. Every day I sort through some research and I think, are you my book? Are you my book? I am so sorry to my friends who are undoubtedly sick of hearing about this already. Sometimes I think I can almost hear an answer, but not yet, so I keep working. I have both a novel in the hopper and a nonfiction pro
I bought a Brick (opens the original)
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As the title says, I bought a Brick. They’ve been advertising to me for years. Maybe you need a physical object to stop using your phone and picking it up all the time. This is that. You have to physically tap the box (no subscription, you just…. buy one and that’s it. Wild, I know.) and then you block access to the apps of your choosing. I did virtually no research before buying this. I just saw that had gotten one and I thought, oh, yeah, that’s me too. Clicked add to cart. Done. The day it ca
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