One night in 2012, during my junior year of high school, after a fight with my parents, my co-worker and friend from my first job at PCC Natural Markets, Nick Racz, picked me up outside my cul-de-sac and brought me back to his apartment. He sat me down for a lonnnnnggg conversation. His place was stacked with books and magical objects, and there was a faint smell of weed drifting from the closet. His partner, Wren, was in the kitchen, fiddling with her health‑food gadgets and

A Hanukkah Story By Aliko Weste Yesterday, 10 + Jews were gunned down in Australia. Tonight is the first night of Hanukkah. This year, the first night of Hanukkah also falls on my grandmother’s yahrzeit, the anniversary of her death. My grandmother, who survived the Holocaust.. There are so many threads of grief and resilience in what I just named. I’m going to do my best to lay them all out, and string them together in a way that unites the gravity of this moment in time. We

All your rough edges make you beautiful  - The Red Rock 🪨  Fly together, but not too close together  - The Birds 🪶 The Desert Mountains...