Rough Drafts

Unfinished or quasi-finished prose that hasn’t been published elsewhere

Email you can trust.

Dylan / 7/14/2017

I’m joining ValiMail as head of communications, because I like email and want it to work right.

Dylan / 7/12/2017

I have loved the San Francisco waterfront since I first saw it. For years, my commutes have taken me along

Dylan / 7/5/2017

Pelicans stood on the breakwater, gravely watching us as we swam by. I’ve come to think of the shorebirds as

Dylan / 6/30/2017

Last weekend I entered the water much better prepared than the week before, and managed to swim for two and

Dylan / 6/23/2017

Yesterday I swam around Aquatic Park on a sunny, windy afternoon with shreds of fog whipping themselves away from the

Dylan / 6/19/2017

I swam for an hour and 25 minutes on Saturday, with my swimming buddy Zina, and it was good. The

Dylan / 6/12/2017

I wore my swirly purple Speedo for a two-hour swim in the Bay on Saturday. It was the morning of

Dylan / 6/10/2017

If we learned anything from former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony this week, it’s the importance of well-written memos. Comey’s memo

Dylan / 6/8/2017

I’m going to attempt to swim down SF Bay, from the Golden Gate Bridge to AT&T Park, on July 9.

Dylan / 6/2/2017

Like many Americans, I’m angry and disappointed about Trump’s repudiation of the Paris Agreement. What are we going to do about