✳︎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.

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2023-03-23

1400 summits in 2 minutes

To celebrate the 11th anniversary AND 1400th visit to Council Crest, I made a little video thingy

Cover photo-illustration from SLACKER (1991) with Pap Smear Pusher in red duotone & psychedelic rays shooting out her head

2023-03-07

Slackers

Withdrawal in disgust is not the same as apathy

Sunrise shining through the coffee shop window casting shadows of the signage: neon “Open” sign and “Stumptown coffee roasters”

2023-02-16

The original Stumptown Coffee

Places hold memories the way dirt roads hold ruts

Two of my kids in bike helmets, looking over a railing at a great blue heron in a small swamp, with houses in the background

2023-01-26

Wild animals we sometimes see on our commute

Rare is the day in which we don’t see some interesting animal while riding our bikes to school

View up Brynwood road in west Portland, looking uphill. A “yellow lion” is painted on the foreground. Road sign reads “Steep narrow road. No through trucks. Cars going uphill have right-of-way”

2023-01-13

The perfect climb

Riding a bike up a hill is like eating spicy food, an acquired taste and one that aficionados take seriously