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Readings, field guides and series.
Essays, walks and poems
Reading 001 Forced Perspective A Milwaukee walk, a freeway that never reached the lake. 
Reading 002 Milwaukee's Scars A walking guide for people who notice things. 
Reading 003 A Queerdo Looks at 44 Key West, alone, at 44. Told in my own posts. 
Reading 009 Course by Course A Sunday in three acts. Handwritten at The Vig, edited in the room. 
Reading 011 Gay Rights State at 45 Nice No More. The original, before Our Lives edited it. 
Kitchen page Soup and Coffee A kitchen page. Soup is the story, coffee is the instructions. Places and how-tos
Field Guide Brady is still weird. Six stops, six places to eat, and the hotel I'd book. 
Field Guide Get away for fall. Lapham Peak, the river trails in the city, Halloween on Brady and candlelight hikes in the state parks. 
Field Guide You gotta start somewhere. Key West solo, by car, five days. 
Field Guide Baseball in MKE. A ballgame plus one slow morning. Swipe-through stories
Keeps going
Strike Anywhere This week's Wisconsin state park The Monday Park Pick. 
Series 008 The Cream City Flâneur Essays and walking guides, Milwaukee first. 
Mixtapes The Burn Tapes Four mixtapes: Open for Business, Spooky Season, Detonation and Analog Living. 
Sunday Briefs Read the latest issue Every Sunday at 11:11. 
Course by Course: a poem written at The Vig in Milwaukee
A poem written by hand at The Vig in Milwaukee after a long Sunday walk, and a note on how AI helped me capture it without writing a word of it.
A Sunday in three acts: a day in the life of a solo creative in Milwaukee
A Sunday in Milwaukee in three acts, from a stuck morning to knocking on Brady Street to a bar seat at The Vig. What a day looks like for a one-person creative.
Chickpea Parmesan soup for twelve, and French press coffee explained right
A chickpea Parmesan soup recipe that serves twelve, plus how to make French press coffee properly. The way I take care of my people.
Are you selling a service, or selling yourself?
A friend asked whether I was selling a service or selling myself. The honest answer changed my whole site and how a Creative Burn works.
A Queerdo Looks at 44: five days alone in Key West
Five days alone in Key West, my first vacation with myself in 16 years. What I did, who I met and what changed, told from my own posts and the voice notes I dictated from the car.
Visiting Milwaukee: a local's guide to where to go, eat and stay
A local's guide to visiting Milwaukee: the neighborhoods, the walks, the ballpark, the fall trails and where to sleep. One front door, with a chapter for every season and street.
Gay Rights State at 45: where Wisconsin's promise stops
Wisconsin wrote a promise into law in 1982. A man in Appleton found out where it stops.
Milwaukee's Scars: a walking guide for people who notice things
Go for a walk. Look at some buildings. Discover that Milwaukee has spent an astonishing amount of time demolishing things, regretting it, and occasionally building something interesting in their place.
Forced Perspective: a Milwaukee walk and the freeway that never reached the lake
A walk through Milwaukee on September 24, 2026. A freeway that never reached the lake, and the room I used to live in.
A Sunday walk in Milwaukee: Ogden to The Vig, ten stops on foot
A one-afternoon walking tour of Milwaukee's lower East Side and lakefront: Juneau Park, the Art Museum and The Calling, ending with dinner for one at The Vig.
Milwaukee neighborhoods guide: where you fit, queer, loud or quiet
A local's guide to Milwaukee neighborhoods for everyone: Walker's Point, Brady Street, Bronzeville, Riverwest, Bay View, the Third Ward, the East Side and downtown.
Baseball in Milwaukee: where to stay, eat and watch the Brewers
A local's guide to a Brewers weekend in Milwaukee: where to stay, how to get to the ballpark, what to eat, and where to watch the game, including the World Series run.
Fall in Milwaukee: hikes, leaves, Halloween on Brady and more
Where to see fall color in Milwaukee: Lapham Peak, the river greenway, Brady Street at Halloween, candlelight hikes in Wisconsin state parks and the fall markets.
Key West solo trip guide: Fort Lauderdale to Mile Zero by car
A five-day solo Key West trip by car from Fort Lauderdale, with the Overseas Highway stops, Old Town sights, a reef sail and where to catch the sunset.
Brady Street, Milwaukee: a one-weekend walking guide
A one-weekend walking guide to Brady Street and Milwaukee's East Side from a local who sits on the Brady Street BID board. Where to walk, eat and stay.