This series chronicles Mikeโ€™s adventures throughout the US and Canada, offering raw and unpolished glimpses into his life.

Mikeโ€™s life is deeply rooted in his Steel Valley upbringing, but shaped by his travels throughout North America and a lasting desire to build a better home back in Ohio.

Featured Chapters

  • Columbus Side B

    2023 - present

    Mike returns to Columbus, 6 years after moving away, and finds a city in transformation.

  • Street Cred

    Mike chronicles times in his life when he was unhoused, living on the streets of Portland, Chicago, Columbus, Alexandria, New Orleans, Natchez, and Mansfield.

  • Calling My Bluff

    Feb 2023

    This collection covers Mikeโ€™s adventures during Feb 2023 in the town of Natchez, Mississippi, when a Grindr date abruptly goes awry during a roadtrip into the ladโ€™s hometown.

  • Down South

    2021-2023

    This collection spans Mikeโ€™s time living in Alexandria, working in Central Louisiana to maintain, upgrade, and restore after extreme weather its electric substations.

  • Paradise in Smoke

    2020

    This collection covers Mikeโ€™s move to Portland, Oregon - a paradise in the biblical sense - a cascading hell beneath the alluring veil of beauty and pretense.

  • Pardon My French

    2018-2019

    This collection covers Mikeโ€™s return to Montreal as an American foreigner working in a Canadian utility firm in a strictly French-speaking utility industry.

  • Trans || Americas

    June - Dec 2017

    This collection remembers the 25,000 miles I traveled through 13 Western states with my boyfriend Matt, a long-haul flatbed truck driver.

  • Dashcam POV

    2012-2018

    Collection of Mikeโ€™s episodes taking place onboard his beloved blue Mazda - Osiris.

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Beneath the Flyover

Mike takes a moment to marvel at the massive new 70/71 interchange in downtown Columbus, notably a towering flyover ramp that spans multiple major corridors, and over the Olentangy River.

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Stroll in Alexandria

In this first-person POV of downtown Alexandria, Louisiana, Mike marvels at some of the small towns and unexpected places that have made efforts at better connecting their communities with transit and other pedestrian-oriented measures.

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Recycle!

In the absence of any sort of city recycling service, Mike demonstrates his routine of walking his discarded recyclables to Target - one of the few places that offers any semblance of recycling disposal.

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Conservatively Speaking

Mike explains his conservative political views, reframing it with the intent of restraining government and/or curbing societal excesses. He likens our persisting depletion of resources to the consumption of frozen beverages in that it occurs in abrupt stages, rather than a linear decrease in supply.

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