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This is not my usual kind of posting. Many friends , though, were surprised (horrified?) that at 80 years of age I drove nearly 2000 miles from Lexington, Kentucky to…

Have you ever dreamed of writing a nonfiction book? Before diving in, take a moment to visualize the path clearly. Don't let a formless urge to "be published" quietly nag at the back of your mind. Why? Recently, a prospective author reached out for help with his book proposal. Pretty

The more I look around the web the more I’m convinced we should all treasure our own tiny corners of the web. My site is precious. Precious for me. …

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notes from a hospice garden

A few months back I wrote up a list of my creative beliefs. These were relevant only to me, and only for that given moment. The more I sat with the list, and let it gestate, the more I liked it as a sort of ad hoc manifesto. You know, all the great movements seem to have a manifesto. Karl Marx had h

It’s surreal to leave your home without knowing if you’ll ever see it again.

What follows is an essay on how my thinking on bitcoin has changed since I began to write on the topic starting with my first post in Octob...

The inevitable misadventures of traveling long-term in and out of the Schengen zone.

Web dev at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland

Lessons learned the hard way on a trip to North Africa.

Today marks two years since I first set up an e-ink display in my mom’s apartment to help her live on her own with amnesia.

Instead of spending your coffee break scrolling through your social feeds, how about a lovely little website instead? We came across some fantastic ones that are just too good not to be shared. But be warned, your break might take a bit longer than intended.

Eight and one-half years. After eight and one-half years I felt it was the right time to take hiatus from writing essays, short stories, and poems to post on my Dispatches from a Northern Town blog…

Tikehau is a ringworld in the South Pacific. In these notes, I explore the stories, the wildlife and the future of this Tuamotu atoll.

A photo essay documenting a day at the market, in the prep kitchen and through service with chef-owner of Eater London’s restaurant of the year 2021

Sehmus Erginoglu began clearing a waste site in the historic southern city 26 years ago. Today it is home to thousands of trees.

While bikepacking across the Bolivian Altiplano, Michael Dammer learns that a handful of coca leaves can open many doors.

Frank Chimero’s Personal Website

I snapped many photos while wandering Haifa last week, as I always do whenever I see something new or interesting while exploring a city. I was with my friend Tyler, who conspicuously does not take photos while exploring a new place. I asked him why,......

When we left Sonoma County, we'd hoped to camp somewhere in the North Bay, but as it turns out, many campgrounds had complicated rules and closures due to Covid. Even though camping spaces sat empty and unbooked in a very popular areas, we were turned away from staying in two different locations. We did get to see a few more Redwoods, but the drive was a little different from what we expected.We then faced the very likely option we would have to drive through San Fransisco with Cosmo - and that, we basically did. While we were able to skirt the city's crazy hills, we still faced traffic (especially in Mill Valley) and crossed the bridge.

Sometimes I want to abandon any pretense of a normal life and live like a drifter. I could drop the burden of ordinary work, friends, relationships, property, and just go to unusual places, see unu…

Getting worse and getting better; Jesuits; common prosperity; Rossini's glittering realm; slow-casual chains; Lem's ocean; vowelsongs.

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