It’s a pity we don’t whistle at one another, like birds. Words are misleading. I am always trying to forget words. That is why I contemplate the lilies of the field, but in particular the glacier. If one looks at the glacier for long enough,… Read More
March 20, 2015 is the vernal equinox, the first official day of spring in the northern hemisphere. This year, it happens to coincide with a new moon and a full solar eclipse, when the moon will completely cover the sun as it shines over the… Read More
A mountain is a mountain. A mountain knows it is a mountain and a mountain cares nothing for knowing whether or not it is a mountain. A mountain is a mountain whether or not it thinks it is a mountain. A mountain is a mountain… Read More
Tonight I planned to write a piece inspired by a podcast I listened to this evening, with a non-fiction writer interviewed on the Longform Podcast (HT the wonderful Sabrina Hersi Issa for recommending it). In the interview, the writer spoke of how long it took for… Read More
Moss garden Swingset Searching for golf balls in the pond at dusk Learning to ride a bicycle by falling, getting up, falling again Looking past the stars to the edges of the known world The smell of freshly shorn grass
“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion,… Read More
Things I’ve watched squirrels do today: Run across the neighbor’s roof to the telephone wire, run along the telephone wire towards a tree, lose balance and slide upside down, still gripping the wire from below, panic briefly, turn around and run back to the roof,… Read More
Today is the full moon, day 15 (correction, day 16) of the Moon Cycle blogging project, and two weeks before the official beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere. What’s up for me to write today? The guidelines I created for myself at the beginning of… Read More
“I arise every morning torn between the desire to save the world and the desire to savor the world. It makes it hard to plan my day.” ~ E. B. White These words are on the email signature of Janet Harris, a member of Digital… Read More
Kids are being made, kids are being born, kids are growing up. As I get older more and more of my friends are having kids of their own. From my precociously perfect goddaughters to baby Robin just a few days old (welcome little one!) I have… Read More
