Author: ps pirro

• Solstice

  When Jason Kottke of Kottke.org went on sabbatical for seven months I missed his blog terribly, so I was happy he returned this month with…

• November Links

  I want you all to sing this sea shanty at my end-of-life celebration (whenever that may be, no rush.) It’s catchy. It’s about attachment. About…

• The Holidays Pt. I

  As one half of a shared-parenting divorced couple, I have some experience with solo holidays, those years when the kid was with the ex and…

• The Midterms

  After spending election night at my radio station babysitting the live feed for NPR’s election coverage so that I might add the hourly legal ID…

• On Election Day

  When the haunted house catches fire: a moment of indecision. The house was, after all, built on bones, and blood, and bad intentions. Everyone who…

• October Links

  It’s been a YouTube sort of month, where I spent far too much time watching others do what I ought to be doing, and would…

• An Economy of Astonishment

  Earlier this year Wired founder Kevin Kelly shared 103 bits of advice in a post on the occasion of his 70th birthday. It was a…

• Rod McKuen

  The sun finally dropped behind the tree line on an October evening still warm from the day’s golden light and I’m thinking of Rod McKuen…

• September Links

  I walked with a friend yesterday through a particularly pretty part of my town, on a street that runs along the river. There were roses…

• Two Cheers

  For the past two weeks the (only) bathroom in my house has been torn up so that some very old plumbing could be replaced, a…