The Bracelet Slinger Blog

  • Dream Home

    There’s something magical in using what’s lying around and turning it into something it wasn’t made for.  Like a pumpkin into a carriage, a carpet into a ride, or a van into a home.
  • A Simple Life

    Practicing going to someone healthy versus someone unhealthy makes a world of difference.  It makes a different world.
  • 20 years later

    I spent a great portion of my life trying to make the impossible possible.  I wanted privilege without responsibility and love without pain.
  • A Temporary World

    ...knowing people in a temporary town is what makes the temporary town stay with you when you leave...
  • Freedom in Safety

    ...it’s not easy when you’re transitioning out of an old self into a new self.  The questions from strangers can leave you feeling like a deer in the headlights - not knowing how to answer - stuck between your old self and some bright light that you’re moving toward but don’t quite know what it is…
  • I Don’t Have a Mirror

    The other day I was thinking what would it be like if we all were invisible…no body…no face…no skin…no eyes…no gender…ageless…no clothes…no need for objects…not even food and water…
  • A Day Away from the Hermit Shell

    Today I went out into the world, and I don’t mean into the woods hiding away from everyone.  I’ve been avoiding people ever since the upheaval of p...
  • Chasing Home

    Alki has been a favorite spot since the first or second year of living in a van.  So now, it just feels like home.  And right now, all I feel like doing is chasing around that feeling of home.  
  • Feeling Free is Home to Me

    I did it.  I committed to getting off of social media and posted my final post today.  Already I feel more in control of my own self worth.  Just l...
  • Malcolm’s Journal

    You know how when you break up with someone, it’s easy to only remember their good parts and want them back?  I’ve been grieving for Malcolm.  The...
  • Late Night Writing Session on the 101

    a slice of my thoughts right before dreams take over while being rocked to sleep on the 101.
  • Moving On

    It might be cliche to write about footprints in the sand…but watching my footprints disappear in the sand as the waves wash over them definitely has a way of making me feel refreshed.  It’s like this unmistakable message from nature that it’s all part of life’s natural cycle…