In the wake of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, many people are asking themselves what to do. I’ll let you in on a little secret: I ran a Republican's campaign for US Congress in 2008, Oregon's First District. It's a long story. Short version: He held a lot of liberal viewpoints, he won the primary 70/30, he endorsed Obama, we made everyone really mad,...

Today is ridiculous. I made a thing. ...

A few years ago I saw a video that made everything start to shift for me. Said pep talk came from a seemingly unlikely source—someone whose professional persona and work I usually found uninspiring-bordering-on-annoying. His contorted faces and too-obvious comedy made me itchy, perhaps even more so because they seemed to mask someone of depth. So a couple of years ago when I...

Since women are sharing the fact that they've been sexually harassed and assaulted, here's a call-out list that's as direct as I'm willing to make it: I'll start with the most timely story. At a past arts administration job, I was working a concert that was held in a college's concert hall. After the concert had begun, a man came into the lobby...

Rise. Meditate. Go for an invigorating run in the woods, your ponytail staying perfectly put. Shower, but not for too long or you'll waste water, and while you're in there, use only products from Whole Foods, each its own overpriced bottle of pureed, oily fruit salad with a pump mechanism. Eat a healthy breakfast of fruits and veggies that you have plenty of...

For those who don't know me, I'm a musician. Right now I'm also running a non-profit, and it's an amazing organization about which I'm loud and proud, but when someone asks me what I do, the first thing that springs into my mind is that I'm a musician. I studied at conservatories, I've practiced my flute more hours than I could ever begin...