Mitchell

Mitchell

San Francisco
Writer of events, ideas, culture, and forever learning on the job.
12
Apr
Notes Around Town

Notes Around Town

Speeding tickets based on income, Lurie needs private donors to help him with people experiencing homelessness, and buying local
9 min read
08
Apr
Stumbling on God, a poem

Stumbling on God, a poem

I passed someone on the street this morning on my block. They were wrapped in a blanket, no face, hands or feet, visible.
1 min read
04
Apr
Amending Architecture (Again), a poem

Amending Architecture (Again), a poem

Ah ah ah, the world is ending and I can’t afford to find my keys again. These insights I
1 min read
03
Apr
Why Ghost.io, Why Now

Why Ghost.io, Why Now

And why Nina Simone is still the best to ever do it.
6 min read
28
Mar
Trump’s Turbulent Journey Towards Privatization

Trump’s Turbulent Journey Towards Privatization

Social Security, the Postal Service, and the prospect of altering the USA's GDP methodology by breaking it all so they can built it back up again
3 min read
28
Mar
"Fog," a poem

"Fog," a poem

When we were kids, my sister and I, with my dad middle week and every other weekend, got up early mornings to get to school. We sat in traffic for hours.
1 min read
25
Mar
Loie Fuller Dancing, Artist, Samuel Joshua Beckett, Date 1900

They're Shutting Down the Libraries and All I Got Was This Stupid Kindle

First, I want to say HELLO to the Ghost platform and all readers. I've been putting off this
10 min read
17
Mar
Obscure Thoughts, Partly Clear Ideas

Obscure Thoughts, Partly Clear Ideas

New Flash-Essays including, Wait in the Car (Sorry Mom), You Do Funny Things for Art, Sonder, Ponder
8 min read
07
Mar
This is a Real Voyage Indeed

This is a Real Voyage Indeed

Thoughts and words on Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! and the Broligarchs, Another Rant About Mr. Chalamet and the Dylan Movie, and Free Development for All
6 min read
28
Feb
Barbarians, Bread and Circuses

Barbarians, Bread and Circuses

Mistaken Musings on...Brain-Computer Weapons & Crypto-Activism, The Art (and Importance) of Precision, and A Downtown Reading
7 min read