Love is the action of helping someone become the best version of themselves.
With my family this is inherent to interactions between us.
With my friends I hope this is obvious by my actions.
In all other relations, which might be called professional, I approach with humility and concern to best support another’s path in love.
Current Projects
Ojibwe Language Learning is a project for the remainder of my life. Anishinaabemowin is the language my father’s ancestors spoke. Understanding the language and speaking it is essential to the rest of the work I need to do in this life.
Eureka Books is more than a project, it is my livelihood and a culmination of all his diverse work experiences over several decades. Read more about my vision for the bookshop here.
Dungeons & Dragons is a table top role playing game that I play with friends. I can lead a game for friends when they are interested.
Classical Explorations begins with a solicitous reading of The Metamorphoses by Ovid through the end of 2027. Learn more about Classical Explorations.
Fatherhood is the most important aspect of my life, but details are not shared here about that.
Projects on Hold
The Gashkig’s Sash is an Indigenous Futurism I am creating set in Mekinauk Wudjiw (Turtle Mountain in what is currently referred to as North Dakota). This incomplete project is on the top of the list for completion in the event of a major financial windfall. Read a sample here.
The Solicitude Kit is an art piece shaped like a board game exploring group dynamics. Once played, the players’ roles change if they ever play again. I can facilitate a session with groups of 6 to 8 other people.
Songs for Singing is a record of the songs that I have written to be sung with guitar. Please play them. If you make any money from playing them, please give some to a local mutual aid organization. Find the songs here.
Go is the world’s oldest board game continuously played to the present day. I will make time to play with old and new friends.
That Special Book is a podcast project in development which will feature interviews with folks about the books that have had an impact upon their lives.
Past Projects
Humboldt Solidarity Coalition Networking Event meets every Fourth Tuesday of the month at 6 pm sharing what we have been and will be doing to resist fascism. Current location: The Labor Temple in Eureka.
Agenda Review Gathering was a potluck every Monday evening in 2025 at the Two Street Art Lab at 527 Second Street in Eureka where neighbors reviewed the agendas of a variety of municipal bodies and maybe some community groups.
Solidarity Study Groups was a gathering of neighbors in 2025 exploring social justice movements and politics together, using books and articles as a starting place for discussion. Review the ever-evolving program for the group here. Contact me if you would like support making a study group of your own.
No on Measure F was a political campaign in which I acted as point of contact and spokesperson. Measure F was resoundingly defeated.
Wusatoumuduk: We Make It Burn was a theatrical collaboration between the Wiyot Tribe and the North Coast Repertory Theater. I used my 3/4 European heritage to play the white man in this all Native cast and assisted in the writing.
Cabaret Performances at Synapsis Performance Venue in Eureka are central to my continued exploration of live performance in understanding the nature of reality and relational systems. Visit the Synapsis site for opportunities here.
The Land Office is part of the Imaginal Services Bureaux which was initially hosted by Cooperation Humboldt. The items are time specific to 2020. For a zine based on the project, send $20 to 426 Second Street, Eureka, California 95501. View the work here.
The Future is Now was a video project spin off from The Land Office. You can watch the archive of these interviews here. There are more on that platform, but they are goofy and time specific to 2020.
Cooperation Humboldt was a community organizing effort working to build a solidarity economy on the north coast. I helped lead organization education groups and the projects above.
Lost Eureka is a multiyear multimedia project focused on stories from the Gilded Age in Eureka, California. Access the online content here.
Here is a presentation made at the Humboldt History Symposium in late 2019:
“The composition of vast books is a laborious and impoverishing extravagance… A better course of procedure is to pretend that these books already exist, and then to offer a resume, a commentary… More reasonable, more inept, more indolent, I have preferred to write notes upon imaginary books.” — Jorge Luis Borges
Classics Now! was a ten minute radio program on KHSU showcasing the latest reading from the North Coast Great Books Discussion Group which ran for two decades. I was co-host for over a year toward the end of that run. The book group still meets monthly.
Sailing to Portmanteaux is a play I wrote after my father’s suicide. Read it in its entirety here.
Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theater hosted me as a Professional Actor Training Program student from 2002 to 2003.
Mathilde was a one man show performed in Eureka and as part of the Mad River Festival in Blue Lake. The show was an exploration several characters’ relationship to the eponymous trapeze artist.
Elvis Underground European Mission was a three week and nine country tour in the Summer of 2000 sharing the Eleven Commandments and continuing the work of the King in uniting all species in Universal Rhythm and Harmony.
The Toothbrush Dance was a one man show I performed in Arcata. The show was a processing of trauma and responsibility.
Seattle World Trade Organization (WTO) Protest in 1999 was a major mobilization effort that succeeded to shut down a meeting of neoliberal leaders attempting to continue their control of the global economy. I played a minor role in the resistance and made a zine about the experience.
Crowatan Art Works was a short lived (1998 to 1999) art and activism center in Arcata, California. I made sure the rent got paid as I was on the lease.
Sustainable Local Economy Working Group (SLEWG) of the Humboldt County Greens worked on a variety of projects in the late 1990s including an early incarnation of a local community currency.
Humboldt County Jail Protest occurred in the mid 1990s as the building was being constructed, culminating in another activist and I being kicked OUT of jail. You’ll need to ask for the full story.
Food Not Bombs Arcata is a direct action mutual aid organization that fed hungry people on the Arcata plaza. In the early 1990s, I was a named party of a lawsuit by the City of Arcata against the group. I was threatened with jail time and fines. The parties ultimately settled out of court and Food Not Bombs Arcata still serves food to the hungry decades later.
Peer Resource — The Motivation Sensation was a teen theater group that I worked with as a student in the late 1980s.
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