Releasing my SECOND WordPress theme
It’s called Julia, named after my daughter. A typographically rich block theme built for longform writing — the kind most themes get wrong. I’ve been refining the single-post layout for weeks.
Next up: Giovanni 2.0, a spinoff with a completely different feel.
Working
AI Enablement and Brand Strategy for TikTok Studio, Kulture, Saga, a venture-backed home care startup, and the Willamette Valley Wineries Association. Through Brava.
Reading
The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici — how a Florentine family bankrolled the Renaissance by turning interest-bearing loans into something the Church could tolerate. The mechanics of patronage aren’t far from how indie tech gets funded today.
Listening
Indigo Park — Bruce Hornsby at 70, making a concept record about where he came from. Bonnie Raitt, Pino Palladino, Ezra Koenig all show up. It sounds like someone who has nothing left to prove.
Three words for 2026
Ritual. Habit with emotional intentionality. The sensory details matter.
Strength. Body, will, voice. Getting harder to knock over.
Intention. Protecting focus, curating inputs, acting rather than reacting.