Hard Things

Election Day, 2016

Last night I went to sleep at midnight, already knowing what I’d wake up to. But then I did some 2am doomscrolling to confirm that yes, that thing I hadn’t thought was possible actually…was. Again.

I was laying there in the dark, staring at my phone, when the whole world went even darker, and even silenter. My fan cut out; the clocks went blank; the streetlights blinked off.

Today, the power is out in Malibu and much of the surrounding area. There’s a fire by my ...