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Prompt 2: What was the last thing you did that made you feel like a ‘human being’, rather than a ‘human doing’? I sat under a tree and watched the world go by. It was the last thing I did that made me feel present and alive. From where I...
I don't know about you but I've spent the last 10 days in Spain. One minute was to see the total eclipse and the rest of the time was a long holiday. BestMate'sOther Half is from the Basque Country so I've had the perfect tour guide,...
Fresh, underripe peaches don’t have to be a disappointment — in fact, they’re the secret to this bright and refreshing Green Peach Salad, a clever recipe that turns the hardest, most unforgiving fruit into something truly delicious....
Where: Blakeburn Lagoons Park, DeBoville Slough Port Coquitlam), Tlahutum Regional Park (Coquitlam)Weather: Sunny, 21–25°C Brought to you by the colour green and a whole lot of bear poop. Blakeburn Lagoons Park One of the two lagoons,...
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On Sundays I try to at least quickly note some of my favorite listening from the week prior — things I would later regret having not written about in more depth, so better to share here briefly than not at all. ▰ A characteristically...
David writes on “How to Surf the Web in 2025, and Why You Should”:By “surfing the internet” I don’t just mean going online. I mean exploring the internet solely by following hyperlinks from page to page, with no clear destination except...
6 Underground is a guilty pleasure. It combines Michael Bay with Ryan Reynolds — maybe the two most un-subtle people in Hollywood.The movie is unapologetically ridiculous, but I always thought it did a great job with exposition. There’s...
Rare is the poet who can simultaneously think and sing. C.H. Sisson once quoted the French critic Charles Maurras saying, “Reason may convince, but it is rhythm that persuades.” Prose writers don’t talk much about the rhythms of their...
Iceland Airwaves, Iðno, November 5, 2025: Salka Valsdóttir and Hekla Magnusdóttir, Iceland Airwaves, 2025
Witches are intense.That is fairly obvious at this point. Whether it is my Jackson, IL setting, my Yog setting or even (especially) my Advanced Witches & Warlocks. A witch does not take the things of consequence casually. She has a...
Hey friend! It's good to see you, and welcome to the new subscribers that have joined this week. Stuff I've WrittenConstraints are the Brief. To move forward, know what you CANNOT change - and how long before you CAN. From the Archive:...
One of the cool things about being a kid in the ’80s is your band could win a talent show in a shopping mall. Anything more ’80s than that? In ’89—I think it was ’90—I joined a band through kind of a takeover in the lunchroom. There was...
This weekend was very sleepy. After friday it was mostly just laying around, being comfy, eating nice food. Not really looking forward to tomorrow. Work + not knowing what's wrong with my car (assuming it's just the ac) or knowing how...
It has been too long, again. There’s been life being lived, however. Update my “now” page. Photos below: 19 years old, just after surgery. The birthday was good and recovery is going well! A new book by Joe Wilkins which encompasses life...