Eli Stillman

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  • Four Years in the Real World

    Four Years in the Real World

    The dramatic graduate driving home wasn’t wrong about having more to learn, but there would be no shortages of opportunities to do so.

    Eli

    August 26, 2020
    Articles, personal
    flashback, journaling, social media, writing
  • Quarantine Crows

    Quarantine Crows

    As the crow flies: “In a direct line. Without any detours caused by following a road.”   Having lived in a city for over a year, I’ve come to detest this idiom and believe that the crows Charles Dickens wrote about and the ones frequenting my neighborhood are of a completely different species. There is nothing…

    Eli

    April 11, 2020
    personal
    Coronavirus, Crows, portland, Quarantine, shelter in place
  • Keywords and Questions Lead to Twitter Engagement

    Keywords and Questions Lead to Twitter Engagement

    How hitting the right Twitter keywords can go wrong. Meyers Leonard Tweets me back and the Sacramento Kings acknowledge my existence.

    Eli

    September 14, 2019
    Articles
    Basketball, Keywords, NBA, podcasts, SEO, Twitter
  • Suerte

    Suerte

    Thinking about times that I’ve felt lucky compared to the many I have not.

    Eli

    September 4, 2019
    personal, Photo
    creative writing, essay, gambling, luck, writing
  • Lookout Point

    Lookout Point

    A place to feel at peace.

    Eli

    June 4, 2019
    personal
    butte county, nature, paradise ca, paradise strong, photography
  • 360 Free Chicken McNuggets

    360 Free Chicken McNuggets

    At the time of publication, Blazers fans could have had 360 Chicken McNuggets.

    Eli

    March 13, 2019
    Uncategorized
    Dubnation, mcdonalds, portland, SF, Sports
  • My Day in Court

    My Day in Court

    The loss dealt by the speed trap in 2016 on my mind. The paper trail depicting my innocence laid out. I was ready to even the score with Multnomah County.

    Eli

    February 8, 2019
    personal
    legal system, portland
  • Finding a Home Through Craigslist

    Finding a Home Through Craigslist

    Craigslist is mostly normal people looking to offload a couch or something, but its depths know no boundaries.

    Eli

    January 28, 2019
    Articles, personal
    craigslist, pnw, portland, roommates, writing
  • Little Things

    Little Things

    Remembering the small but personal things lost in the Camp Fire.

    Eli

    December 18, 2018
    personal
    camp fire, medals, paradise ca, personal
  • To Be All Its Name Implies

    To Be All Its Name Implies

    A section of this essay ran as a guest column in the Paradise Post. I’ve never been to hell and I base the choices in my life with hopes that I don’t end up there. For many, the November 8th morning drive from Paradise to Chico was a trip through literal hell, as flames from…

    Eli

    November 25, 2018
    Articles, personal
    camp fire, essay, journalism, paradise ca
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