✳︎axoplasm is Paul Souders

A partial selfie of Paul Souders and his wife taken in front of the Olympic mountains

I am the principal and sole employee of SCRUBJAY. I live in Portland, Oregon with my family. I wish I could ride my bike over this hill every single day. In my younger days I practiced archaeology and wrote terrible short fiction. I have collected a few of my 💚 favorite essays. “Axoplasm” is a real word. My pronouns are he/him/his.

Elsewhere

Traveling proudly with

Recent entries in my web-log

Selfie taken while riding the cargo bike, downward view, my face only partially visible, several bags of groceries on the bike behind me

2022-11-14

Five times my bike has touched a car

In the 20 years and 100K mi that I have ridden on Portland area streets, my bike has contacted a car five times

handmade sign at a very muddy cyclocross race, showing a raised middle finger and the text “we’re #2”

2022-11-09

Not a Joiner

Something I have known about myself since childhood is that I am Not a Joiner, but despite myself I have wound up in a community

2022-10-17

Back to the office

I was back in the office for the first time in 30 months

Boris on stage at Revolution Hall, Portland Oregon, September 17 2022

2022-09-19

Boris at Revolution Hall

I do seriously wonder why I enjoy punishing myself like this

Backpackers traversing a hillside, Mt. Jefferson in the near distance

2022-08-26

Every other week off the grid is not enough

“How can these OLD PEOPLE walk SO FAST without STOPPING?“