Austinite, musician, teacher, gardener, and writer.

There are some things I enjoy as a writer that I think tell you a lot about me as a person.

• In this Age of the Short-Form Blog, one great metaphor, given ample room to breathe, is better than three.

• Nature writing can be both practical and poetic. It can also be ridiculous.

• I like to cram a flowery sentence into a small word count. It’s exhilarating.

• I was born in the land of O. Henry. Puns and irony are my birthrights.

• When writing about serious subjects, I resist tidy resolutions. The musician in me enjoys dissonance.

I have an amazing dog, Theo, who amuses my weird tribe of family and friends. I treasure the kind and gentle souls I know in this world, those who see people others don’t.

During the pandemic, this site became my pocket dimension—a cozy alternate universe to disappear into when I needed to process or escape the strange world we live in, or recover from traumatizing winter storms. The site logo is a custom pocket dimension created by artist Corinna Browning of Ghost Next Door Designs.

I’m Jamieson and I’m blogging and making music in Austin, TX.