My grandfather had this interesting cadence to the way he communicated. If you asked him a question, he paused. For a long time. Newcomers would undoubtedly wonder if he'd heard them. Those who knew him would be laughing right now at the accuracy. He simply, unapologetically, was processing and thin...

I had the most wholesome dream last night. I was in what was “my home,” and that home had a sliding glass door to the backyard. I looked over and the door was slightly slid open, and standing in the gap was the most darling, sweetest baby owl. The owl was stretched, taller and thinner than a normal ...

A moment exists that stays seared forever in the fabric of my evolution. I was dating a true titan of industry. We were at dinner one night and he asked me, “What is the name for the period of time around the turn of the last century?” I kind of didn’t know what direction he wanted me to go. The Gil...

Jenn is my best friend. She lives in Eugene, though we talk on the phone almost every day. We met in college as Pi Beta Phi sorority sisters. We were the maids of honor in each other’s weddings, witnessed marriages and un-marriages, children in and children launched. And I could go on.

But the deep...

Dear May 2nd, 2029 version of me,

You’re 50 now. It is the precipice of another conventional time decade. You are now about to turn 51, only months away. Stop for a moment and look what you did with your 40s. In May of 2019, you had only recently stepped into corporate life. You learned how to writ...

"Lachlan, what is the word for that moment when the output has been grinding for a very long time, but out of nowhere, with seemingly no prompt, everything changes? The pieces click and move into place? A crossed threshold..."

Yes. Lachlan is my name for ChatGPT.

It started with walking the mediev...