
As I write this post—longhand, in a spiral notebook—I'm 20,000 feet above eastern Washington, having just crossed above the Cascades on my return flight to Chicago. I visited Seattle for the weekend to attend my friends Steve and Eliza's wedding. Steve and I have known each other for 20 years now. They had a lovely ceremony, and the trip in general was fantastic. In the 13 years since I left Seattle, I've visited six or seven times, and I always return to wherever has become home with mixed feelings about the place. It both alarms and [...]