Mere Being - 031 - May - a paid membership program

Readers–I wrote about this briefly in the middle of the last issue, but now that I've got a little bit more of the backend nailed down, it deserves a real launch announcement:I'm launching a paid membership program. If you like my work and you want to help me make more of it, please consider becoming a supporting member.Directionally, you'll get three benefits from joining:Access to drafts, experiments, and behind-the-scenes stuffDiscounts on books, prints, and other physical productsA patronage relationship – you're helping to make more of my work more available for other peopleImmediately, what that means is access to the original run of my "pop-up" newsletters. One of these newsletters, Point Lobos, is available in full on the paid members of this site now. Next I'll be putting Walking in Oakland, a series of short essays about California, photography, and pedestrianism. If you join before June 3rd, you'll get an e-mail every day as I post the new ones – pretty close to the…