When Was That Again?
As I'm aging I am becoming more and more concerned with "when did that happen?" It's sometimes difficult to keep the span of years ordered...
I'm Dan Jewett the caretaker, night-watchman, what have you.
I once read a bit of SEO wisdom that said you shouldn't waste space on your homepage with a "welcome" message because it's not useful to search engines. What absolute nonsense. Welcome!
If you gain something from being here, let me know. It will fill me with gratitude and glee.
As I'm aging I am becoming more and more concerned with "when did that happen?" It's sometimes difficult to keep the span of years ordered...
My most recent transgression, I've come to realize, is a celebration...
I’ve come back to reading. It has caused real grief for the years of not doing so, a mourning for the books I let slip away in deference to the great god Distraction...
This music, blasting out of a giant, entirely white Plymouth Suburban station wagon...
The edition I read included at the start, an introductory piece entitled The Custom-House which some editions apparently omit...
In 1851 Ralph Waldo Emerson was writing in his journal regarding the passing
I was able to enjoy it because they removed so much Star Wars from it...
I’ve decided I’m going to take on a series of longer book reads in my routine and use them as a way to work on improving my concentration...
My seven year old self was of course oblivious to what was happening in the...
I find it interesting that I will get so much satisfaction from executing a task at the command line where I experience only text and a certain amount of invisible magic,...
Since my father has stopped driving (at 92) I've decided to register my Kansas plates in honor of the tag he had on his car for many years...
I rise to announce that I will bring Articles of Impeachment against the president...
I think of the recent passing of Jimmy Carter. I was two years too young to vote for him in 1976...
Joni Mitchell's Shadows and Light has been a favorite of mine for many years now, but I'm embarrassed to find out...
First go through all the links you saved to the temporary bookmarks folder in your browser, because you forgot...
According to the Hebrew Bible, Daniel was a noble Jewish youth of Jerusalem taken into captivity by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon,...
The immediate non-violent way that comes to mind is to stop buying their shit. Stop buying their cars...
I’m about ten years older than my immediate group of friends with one or two exceptions. I’m not sure they have the same sense of immediacy...
the quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and...
1 great delight: his face lit up with impish glee.