Dansite

"There is a kind of life that is peculiar to the land in summer—a wariness, a seasonal equation of well-being and alertness..."

The Coneheads never left. They've been hiding out in SoCal for decades...

Birches, by Kyra Mills, 2021, watercolor

Congratulations on your successful campaign to become a U.S Senator/Congressperson...

Today's Bandcamppurchase. One of my favorite tenor players...

“So mom. My boyfriend took all of my money, wrecked my car, and gave me three..."

The Expanse has the best-written female cast on television...

From Prospero's Books Kansas City, The Dusty Bookshelf Lawrence, KS, and my Library of America subscription...

The best way I can think of to describe the current status of the GOP is "malevolent inanity."...

"I was stunned by Mary Karr’s memoir, The Liars’ Club. Not just by its ferocity, its beauty, and..."

The collapse of our democracy begins with the loss of places where silly people can get together and lie to each other...

I found a copy of this book at The Dusty Bookshelf here in Lawrence, KS today...

Among my many faults, I count a certain baseline cynicism as one I would like to overcome...

What would stop you from reading?

On the Reading page for Terrible Ideas, the Currently Reading section now contains 9 books...

My sister Beth is a talented quilt maker...

We're gonna need to send in the Marines!

How many?

...um...one should be enough.

What do you know? You reach a point where it's New Year's Eve of the year 2020 A.D...

A nice thing about living in Lawrence, KS is the increased likelihood that you will get to say the word Wakarusa...

As the ice builds up on my windows this morning, I'm enjoying this beautiful recording. A gem you may have missed.