Remember the internet before it sucked? Mostly, people made connections and were nice to each other.
Well, I want to help bring that back. Welcome to Between Two Things, a place for humans who don’t have it all figured out.
Here, we make mistakes, embrace mystery, and resist simplification.
We eat kale… but also golden Oreos.
We push against our culture-wide tendency toward black-and-white thinking.
We love questions as much as answers.
We can be wrong without being cancelled.
If you ask me, the whole world ought to work that way. Sadly, the megaphones have been grabbed by the most extreme, surest voices. What we hear “out there” is that uncertainty is weakness, not wisdom. We’ve been duped into thinking life is a yes-or-no quiz.
But there’s a lot of space between things, and much goodness thrives in that space.
Between Two Things has three parts:
Essays that explore everyday life and its often overlooked complexities, from our culture-wide obsession with a demented form of “self-care” to how we use our phones to what is happening in Congress
Worth It, a selection of things I love: books, films, shows, recipes, podcasts, poems, and sometimes my best sweatpants and writing utensils
BTT Book Club, which kicks off in January 2025 with the book Life Worth Living by Miroslav Volf (et al)
Thanks for being here. I’d love it if you could forward my newsletter to a friend, subscribe, or hit that little heart button. My brain is full of about nine books I’d like to write, and every boost helps my writing reach the people who could put it on a shelf.
About Me
I’m a writer and teacher with four kids, a husband, two dogs, six five chickens, and an annual tendency to overplant a garden I don’t take care of. My house is always busy, and usually hilarious things are happening. I have never not lived in the south, which informs a lot of what I have to say. (I love boiled peanuts and fried okra and feel guilty every Sunday I’m not in church.)
I have a BA and MA in English and an MFA in Creative Nonfiction. I’ve taught writing at Clemson University and The South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities. I also teach online for places like Craft Talks and in-person via WRITESHARE, the writers’ network I co-founded in Upstate SC. I’ve worked as Editor of Emrys Journal and Edible Upcountry.
Among other places, my essays have been published in Huff Post, Split Lip, Under the Gum Tree, Motherwell, Paste, South Carolina Review, and Salvation South. I am a recipient of the VanderMey Nonfiction Prize, and an essay nominated by Pigeon Pages was recently a finalist for Best of the Net.
