Category: and so it goes

• 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…

• The Bones of Birds

  There is no ground, said Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, that is the good news. The bad news is that we are falling, falling, never to land.…

• It’s Just What Was

  A month after a tree fell on my house, a tree fell on my neighbor’s house, as if this were now a commonplace thing, trees…

• The Tree on the Roof

  There is a tree lying across the roof of my house, a fairly large tree that came down yesterday in the early hours of an…

• May Links

  “I know what I value. I don’t know what I need.” Says Heather Havrilesky, in conversation with Jennifer Louden on the Create Out Loud podcast.…

• This Week You’re a Flowerpot

  So much has been written this past week about abortion rights and the leaked Alito opinion, with responses far more comprehensive than I could hope…

• April Links

  My month-long hiatus extended nearly half a year (surprise!) as I wandered through a wet, gray, Midwest winter and on into early spring, when none…

• November Links

  So much keeps happening. Much of it passes without need for comment, because what is there left to say? Our laws are as broken as…

• Housekeeping

  Just a quick note today, and a couple questions for you. For the last month of 2021 I’ll be off-line and somewhat out-of-pocket, which means…

• Things Fall Apart

  Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed and everywhere The ceremony of innocence…