Mussel Cove Creations

making waves with every word

Memoir

  • Up Portland – ‘Sidenotes’ w/ Thomas (June ’26)

    Tour de Force  ***  Driving became quotidian, hypnotic… The snaking asphalt hissed and spit, coiled to strike the blue-jean sky. Billboards fence the road, blurred between Jesus and Adult Pleasure stores – strange landmarks in a world constantly fading… Forgotten strips of pious, rural America – seen through a fisheye of purgatory and binge.  Below…

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  • Up Portland – ‘Sidenotes’ w/ Thomas (December)

    “To give someone their flowers…”  A strange phrase, but nonetheless, a saying that’s emerged at the forefront of popular culture.  In the age of digital transience, recognition is difficult to encounter. It’s easy to leave an impression, but almost impossible to make it last – to cut deep enough to make your mark…  In fact,…

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  • Going From ‘Crigler Kid’ to Post-Transplant Adult – PicnicHealth

    Condemned to a life of medical woe before even being born, I emerged as a 1-pound, 13-ounce premature miracle. With skin that was nearly luminescent because of inexplicably severe jaundice, I began to attract immediate attention from concerned professionals. Halfway through a three-month stint in the NICU, I was diagnosed with Crigler-Najjar Syndrome, Type One…

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