What Closeness Becomes

What the Dogs Know

Razzy is in the sun by the back door. Full stretch. Eyes half-closed. Bucky is on the couch. He’s been there an hour. He has no plans. He has no anxiety about not having plans. The lighter one. The breather. Two dogs who are better at the thing I keep writing about than I am. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thisisprocess.substack.com [https://thisisprocess.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

The Builder's Table

There’s a table in my office that’s never clean. Notes, drafts, sketches, half-finished things. All of it happening at once. My twelve-year-old walked by and said, “What are you even making?” I didn’t have a good answer. But this episode is what I came up with. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thisisprocess.substack.com [https://thisisprocess.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

What Closeness Becomes

She was folding laundry. I was standing in the doorway with nothing particular to say. That’s it. That’s the whole scene.And somehow it’s enough for an entire essay about what intimacy actually looks like after you’ve been with someone through decades of change. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thisisprocess.substack.com [https://thisisprocess.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Before the Window Closes

I was at a conference last fall. Good city. Good food. Interesting people. And the whole time, something was off. Not wrong. Just dimmer. It took me two days to name it. This one’s about what happens when you realize the best version of any experience includes the people you left at home. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thisisprocess.substack.com [https://thisisprocess.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

March Again

March comes around again. Another year. The light shifts before anything else does. Birthdays used to feel like milestones. Now they feel like weather. This one’s about what you notice when you stop counting and start looking around. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thisisprocess.substack.com [https://thisisprocess.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]