Archive - The Percolate

Everybody wants to be authentic until someone calls them cringe

The value of being ourselves in a sea of everybodies

Jun 1 •

May 2025

Oops! (There it is)

A mistake, and then a revelation

May 6 •

Is this thing on?

A brief interlude addressed to Substack Notes users

May 2 •

April 2025

What's the deal with vulnerability?

Part 1 of a conversation about what we say we want to be

Apr 11 •

March 2025

What makes a good writer?

TL;DR: We are all good writers

Mar 26 •

Love at first sight

Mar 18 •

February 2025

Thoughts on a plane

Some years ago I became aware for the first time that I was either always thinking about things that had happened, or thinking about where things were…

Feb 27 •

Living liminally

There’s a word that people who know me well hear me use frequently: liminal.

Feb 16 •

November 2024

Permission to scream

A weird thing has been happening to my voice recently.

Nov 3, 2024 •

July 2024

Voicenote: Minding your own business as a revolutionary act

Jul 15, 2024 •

7:47

May 2024

Understanding an overreaction

May 3, 2024 •

April 2024

I promised I wouldn't write about this

Last summer, I promised—did I, out loud/in writing?

Apr 13, 2024 •

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