Here’s a list of the most-read posts on Nightshade Diaries published over the summer.
The Age of Excess
Two days after I landed at the Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, I was at my former coworker’s condo at a kickback in Bellevue, Washington. I’m not sure who that adventurous kid was, but I do miss him. At age 19, 2012 was a scary time. The Great Recession loomed over the job market, and the aftereffects of the Occupy Wall Street populist movement weighed on me in college. I eventually dropped out to pursue personal projects.
helping out a stranger
In the early 2010s, I enlisted in the Marine Corps. I trained for months before I took my oath and started boot camp as a recruit. Before I got to Parris Island, South Carolina, I worked on a charter boat, helping out a middle-aged couple who owned it.
Focus
“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.” — Alexander Graham Bell
Joker: Folie À Deux | An October Surprise for U.S. Politics
The first film, released in 2019, critiqued society’s mental health crisis and the cruelty mentally ill people experience in their communities.
