Ryan’s Top Whatever of 2025

Last year, when I was writing my “Top Whatever”, I wrote that I would be going into 2025 with a lot of trepidation. And I did. As I expected, this year has had a lot of downer moments. Despite it all, I tried my best to make it worthwhile. I’m going to do things a little different with my write … Read More

10,000 Days Old

This year, I turned 10,000 days old. Ages ago, I learned that 10,000 days is about 27.38 years. I marked the date I would hit 10k on my calendar app and promptly forgot about it. In January, I got a notification for my 10k day, and double-checked my math. I was off by a day or two because of leap … Read More

Bees

small and powerless, maybe.

Philadelphia, PA

I wrote this story shortly after a trip east. It’s not been shared with more than a handful of people, but it’s been a year. It can live here.