Archive - Notes from the Hill

I Went to Maine to Bury One Grief and Came Home Carrying Another

I Went to Maine to Bury One Grief and Came Home Carrying Another

May 31 • Notes from the Hill

Does Anyone Know What a Melee Is?

The papers called it a melee. My cousin was nineteen, almost back to the ship, and supposed to come home.

May 18 • Notes from the Hill

Lately I've Been Running on Faith

Faith doesn't play fair.

May 12 • Notes from the Hill

I Don't Hate Him...but I'm Still Writing This...

Draft chapter from my upcoming novel/autofiction

May 9 • Notes from the Hill

In This Version, Karma Showed Up

A draft chapter requiring feedback please!

May 6 • Notes from the Hill

April 2026

On wanting to be kind without becoming blind...

Apr 25 • Notes from the Hill

On loyalty, erasure, and the kind of anger that stays civilized until it doesn’t

Apr 18 • Notes from the Hill

The Strange Intimacy of Substack

On writing, community, and how fast things can change

Apr 13 • Notes from the Hill

Friends, With Conditions

Some friendships can hold your actual life. Some can only hold your availability.

Apr 7 • Notes from the Hill

If You’re New Here, Here’s Where to Start

A few posts about grief, betrayal, weird mental connections, and the occasional first-world meltdown.

Apr 5 • Notes from the Hill

Thinking About the Bridge

On proximity, fear, and the people we’d drop everything for

Apr 2 • Notes from the Hill

March 2026

I still don’t know where he came from.

Mar 25 • Notes from the Hill

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