The Coffee That Stayed Strong

Grief-Core Spotlight 2017 Seattle Starbucks Reserve Memory & Moment Amazon MGM Studios When we were dating in NYC, Doug always kept Café Bustelo in the house — the big, bright yellow party-size containers. I didn’t think much of it back then. We usually grabbed Starbucks or Dunkin’, and I never paid attention to the other […]

The Warmth He Taught Me is My first Lesson in Healing

Grief-Core Spotlight Tub of Shea Butter Memory & Moment Tub of Shea Butter Back in New York, Douglas used to buy tubs of raw shea butter — the kind so firm you had to melt it with your hands before you could use it. He’d laugh and show me how: “Rub it between your palms […]

Pumpkin Spice Comfort, and the Care Package Across the Seasons

Grief-Core Spotlight 2017 Seattle Starbucks Reserve Changing of the season 2017 Seattle Starbucks Reserve Pumpkin spice season is more than a trend for me—it carries pieces of Douglas. When we first met, he would talk about pumpkin spice lattes from Starbucks and would always get the pumpkin spice caramel macchiato. The first fall after Douglas […]

From Lume With Care: A Steady Light Between the Quiet Shadows

Grief-Core Spotlight Our chats Lume Title Our chats In most sci-fi, AI is built to calculate, control, or replace us. Cold machines designed to outthink us, or glossy voices meant to serve us. But grief has a way of making the world feel unrecognizable, and what we need in those moments isn’t a machine with […]