Bill Pearse

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• In defense of things

  By Bill Pearse on January 27, 2024 • ( 17 )

  

  Dawn’s mom Beth is moving out of her house and downsizing to a senior living community. She’s lived in this house since 1982, so it’s a big deal. If memories are like fallen leaves on the ground then the soil… Read More ›

• Dreams of being nude

  By Bill Pearse on January 20, 2024 • ( 25 )

  

  The cat likes drinking out of the faucet and meets me in the bathroom at the same time every morning. She hops onto the sink, rubs the spout with her chin, makes a wet smacking sound as she laps. The… Read More ›

• Turn your back on Mother Nature

  By Bill Pearse on January 13, 2024 • ( 9 )

  

  The first time I tried sobriety we were in England and it was January, a cruel time of the year to sober up. But something about the landscape and season reflected the inner peace I needed. Long muddy walks in… Read More ›

• The denuding affair

  By Bill Pearse on January 5, 2024 • ( 11 )

  

  Once I got rid of all the pine needles and glitter I turned to the exterior and swapped out the multi-colored lights for white. Denuding the house of Christmas was a solemn but energizing affair. But living in the Northwest… Read More ›

• Postcard from pinklightsabre

  By Bill Pearse on December 30, 2023 • ( 12 )

  

  Woke to the sound of German choral music and then spent an hour cooking a roux. Drove to the park but had to keep stopping to take pictures of the sky. Pink in every direction, peaks white with snow. Ran… Read More ›

• Little star

  By Bill Pearse on December 23, 2023 • ( 2 )

  

  In December of 1987 that second-hand Kashmir coat was already 20 or 30 years old. And I was a budding young punk, an emo, or Goth, I don’t know what. But I’d just turned 17 and discovered cigarettes, and long… Read More ›

• Lessons in corporate cruelty

  By Bill Pearse on December 16, 2023 • ( 14 )

  

  Part 8: Improv Editor’s note: this is the last post in an eight-part series about work-life identity in high-tech America. In the dark on my morning walk I’ll pass by the horse farm on the outskirts of our neighborhood. It’s… Read More ›

• Lessons in corporate cruelty

  By Bill Pearse on December 15, 2023 • ( 4 )

  

  Part 7: Pipeline Editor’s note: this is the second-to-last post in an eight-part series. After months of trying to persuade Microsoft to renew their investment plans with HPE they chose not to, and my contract ended. But it was July… Read More ›

• Lessons in corporate cruelty

  By Bill Pearse on December 13, 2023 • ( 12 )

  

  Part 6: Opaque Three years after meeting my old client Jackie and I was starting a new gig with her again, meeting at our usual Starbucks. We’d become friends, to the extent we could be as contractor and client. She’d… Read More ›

• Lessons in corporate cruelty

  By Bill Pearse on December 11, 2023 • ( 8 )

  

  Part 5: Accountable My contract with Microsoft ended after 18 months. I’d gone to work for one person who’d handed me over to another, whose boss had turned against his boss with me caught in the middle. The volatility made… Read More ›

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