Five Things in the Near Future

What even is this?

Photo by Heather Sten

Years ago I maintained a mostly weekly blog on Tumblr called 5 Things. Every Sunday I published a post with five short thoughts or essays inspired by own life and public observances. It was fun for me, and I miss writing that way even though my life has changed considerably since my last post on that old blog in 2016. Since then, I’ve sold and will soon publish my first book, a…