Well, not exactly depressed for no good reason. It’s the fifty-first day of my shelter-in-place sojourn and I finished reading Sarah Kendzior’s Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the […]
Depressed for No Good Reason
Coronavirus Counting Game, Watching the News
Watching the News Coronavirus Counting Game It will make watching the news worth it when there isn’t any. Which journalists have books on their walls? Or paintings? Or photographs? Or certificates? How […]
Comprehending Time, Passing Through a Wall
Explaining to a seven-year-old how to tell when 5 hours had passed, I pointed to the clock. No, she said. I know how to tell time, but I don’t comprehend it. How […]
Your Ducks in a Row
As long as you have two or fewer, your ducks are always in a row. The Covert Comic
Books That Can Survive Me
On the problem of school library visits being limited to 3 books every 2 weeks when each book is finished in a day or two. What I need are books that can […]
How to Start a Movement
The first follower is actually an underestimated form of leadership in itself. … The first follower is what transforms a lone nut into a leader. New followers emulate the followers, not the […]
Letters of Note: Correspondence Deserving a Wider Audience
Letters of Note: Correspondence Deserving a Wider Audience is a wonderful collection of letters worth reading. Inspiring, funny, confused, and courageous. Letters of Note is an attempt to gather and sort fascinating letters, […]
Oprah Winfrey
I do not mean any disrespect to Oprah. A friend of mine once meant disrespect to Oprah, and all his window treatments turned on him. Alexandra Petri, Compost, Washington Post, 2011
Design & Human Intention
Design is the first sign of human intention. William McDonough
Why We Have Birthdays, or Not
I don’t think I need a birthday this year. I seem to be quite tall enough. A rather tall 3 year old on her upcoming 4th birthday
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