Collected Writings

The Kids These Days

A reflection on how the tone of conflict has degraded over generations—and how to restore kind, responsible speech without romanticizing the past.

In Defense of Normalizing Liminality

A contemplative essay on why the in-between is not an exception but the shape of human experience.

Your First Language Is Presence

Before words, there was presence—and maybe it still speaks most clearly.

The Life of a Word: Deprecated

From prayer to programming, this word carried a trace of reverence even as its meaning changed.