Kindness In the Days of After
We knew each other once, intimately. The trim figure, the vivacious brown eyes and half-smile that just about screams vitality, even when silent. Many...
Gangsta Phone Etiquette, Deep Breaths & Kindness Rising
It's the urban fashion du jour for how to hold a phone, and it confounds me.
You hold your phone, which is not on speakerphone,...
Seattle Magazine / Third & Cherry
If you’ve read this, you won’t be surprised at my reaction to Seattle Magazine choosing me as one of their 35 Most Influential People...
Pretty Sure I Don’t Deserve This
"Congratulations," a friend once told me, after I'd finally gotten a New York literary agent. "Let yourself feel it today, and breathe. You deserve this."
The thing...
The Nathan Book
I can still remember when the team from The Urbanist invited me on board. In true urbanist fashion we all arrived without using cars--Owen...
Shake’N’Bake III: Skip-Stopping and Newbies
This is a follow-up to a recent story on sleepers, newbies and working together. Click here for an addendum on sleepers; this follow-up is about newbie drivers and...
Shake’N’Bake II: Nathan on Sleepers
This was going to be a footnote to my previous story, but it was getting too long– and too important! Sleepers are a major element...
On the Shake’N’Bake
She stepped aboard, wrinkling her nose. "What is that smell? Something's gone absolutely rancid in here!""Ooh, rancid," I said. "I love your word choice!""Well, that's what...