The Collected Papers
Shared Writings
This isn't a declaration. It's an update.
Undated
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Essay
What Being “The Chief” means to me
Essay on making Chief Petty Officer — military milestone, family legacy, and his self-described 'spiritual destiny,' undated (Coast Guard-era).
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Essay
My Mike Love Experience
An undated personal essay-style story about live-music serendipity in Honolulu — meeting a musician through a chain of coincidences; other private individuals appear by role only.
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Essay
Power Animals
Short course assignment, undated, on shamanism, heritage, and personal power animals — brief general reflection, no specific anecdote.
2010s
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Essay
Great Moment in High School
High school essay, March 19, 2011, on the 1991 killing of a 16-year-old friend and the 1994 Northridge earthquake. Third-party identity is generalized; the friend is honored by first name.
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Essay
If I Could, I Would
Essay/speech assignment, March 26, 2011, an imaginative meditation on unlimited possibility versus solitude, opening with a well-known film quote.
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Essay
My Life in the Coast Guard
Essay/speech assignment, April 6, 2011, reflecting on 13 years' Coast Guard service — boot camp, sea duty, and the choice that reshaped his path.
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Essay
My Ethics
College course essay, June 2011, on where his ethics come from — Mesoamerican roots, Toltec teachings, and the shamanic-practitioner self-description now core to the ecosystem's language.
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Address
Peer Address
Written response, February 16, 2012, to accusations about how peers perceived him. A passage has been omitted pending cultural-sovereignty review.
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Essay
Mayan Calendar End Date
Personal essay, written December 20, 2012 — the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar's popularly mis-read 'end date,' widely discussed in the media that year.
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Essay
Altus Tendo
Essay written for the Chief Petty Officer Academy, class 194, April 2013, on the academy motto 'Reach Higher.'
- No piece from this collection between 2013 and 2015.
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Column
Command Chief Corner
Coast Guard newsletter column, written for a January–March 2015 patrol, encouraging sailors to look inward for self-improvement rather than assign blame outward.
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Letter
Thanksgiving 2016 — Filling The Void
Grief letter, originally shared publicly, Thanksgiving week 2016, after the death of a lifelong friend; recovered from a personal email archive in 2026.
2020s
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Essay
Spirit in the Sky
Music theory course discussion post, December 6, 2020, reflecting on performing a death-rite for his father days earlier and processing grief through a specific song.
- No piece from this collection between 2020 and 2026.
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Essay
Third Cycle — In the Mycelium — Grounded & Ascending
Personal reflection, shared publicly; recent. Describes a self-observed 21-year life cycle and a deliberate return to creative work after a quiet pause.