Best of 2024! Thank you, The Q Reviews.

Shout-out to everyone who announced, reviewed, wrote about the album(s) and film, interviewed me, had me on their show, or otherwise covered SOFTCORE over the course of this past year.

(My personal Best of 2024 goes to Willamette Week, for the headline they ran alongside their review. ) Read the rest of this entry »

I moved to Garden City, Idaho at the end of 2022 and it was one of the biggest mistakes of my entire life. I have hated living here and, from what I can tell, the feeling is mutual.

That being said, as we pack up the last of the house and prepare to leave this place (forever and ever amen), there are a few things I’d like to shout-out for absolutely saving me while I’ve been here.

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This boggy marsh is the only place I have ever felt safe while living in Idaho. I will miss it, I suppose.

I’m back here again this morning saying my goodbyes. The house is about 1/3 of the way packed and we’ve got exactly 2 weeks left to finish taping up boxes before the movers come to load the truck.

Life is weird and I do kind-of wish I had never come here, but I’m really grateful for the experience, as well as the friends, family, and collaborators I have made. No regrets.

I wrote these words last year by the water the day I found out the truth of what had been happening in my world, and they still ring true as I pack up to head out:

Permission to grieve.
Permission to cringe.
Permission to change.
Permission to laugh.
Permission to let go.
Permission to love.
Permission to love.
Permission to love.