About

Most people start a blog with a niche. A focus. A brand. I started one because I had things to say and no reliable mechanism for saying them, which is either the founding principle of every writer in history or a polite way of describing a lack of discipline, depending on who you ask.

Wandering Orbit is the result. It’s a personal essay blog covering whatever catches my attention long enough to earn a few nights of writing: suburban life, philosophy, parenting, strategy, the occasional existential crisis disguised as a story about a llama. The throughline isn’t a subject—it’s an approach. Most things worth understanding are worth examining with both seriousness and a degree of self-aware humor, and this is where I practice that.

I’m a writer working on his third novel, a dark fantasy comedy currently in draft. I’ve also written on national security topics for several professional publications—which explains the sidebar and, occasionally, the vocabulary. I live in Colorado with my wife, two kids, and a mountain bike I’m still learning to crash properly.

New essays go up every two weeks. They’re usually funny. They’re always trying to be something more than that.

If you’re new here, Wonder Is the One Frequency That Requires No Translation is a fair place to start.