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They move through the night as if stitched into it, seamless and soundless. You don’t hear an owl arrive. You feel it—the brief shift in the air above your head, a whisper of movement. It always feels me with a sense of awe. The silence...
I’m a big fan of John Lennon (the American author, not the English musician, but, sure, I’m a fan of the musician too). I’ve read most of his books, and it saddens me that literature is such a niche interest … Continue reading →
Ow, my neck…
A health-obsessed culture paradoxically undermines longevity by prioritizing self-optimization over social connections, the very relationships that most…
Most of my time this week went into goal-setting and on learning Japanese. On goal-setting: This was both attending training, and writing/reviewing goals for my department. Nearly there. On learning Japanese: I have…
From The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine, by Serhii Plokhy (Basic Books, 2017), Kindle pp. 127-131: The Ukrainian Cossacks, who had begun their international career in the 1550s by serving the tsar of Muscovy, Ivan the Terrible,...
I should stop eating junk...
This morning, I read a couple of posts on Reddit that I liked and wanted to reply to the community. Mistake, as usual: No big deal, it’s only 10 minutes down the drain. My account is several years old and has a lot of “karma.” I am not...
When we make more we buy more and end up with less.
I spent yesterday morning with a cup of coffee at the local marina, staring at the boats and the light and breathing it in, my deep pleasure at doing nothing at all spoiled only by an apple croissant that was, in fact, filled with...
This post is not sponsored nor endorsed by GLITCH or any other business/organization. All views are the author’s own. I was a bit late to the bandwagon that was this fandom; but that does not mean I could not have fun and theorize and...
Just like cake, there are many flavors of geek fandom - and I love them all.Granted, I love some more than others: ...