Monday, May 6, 2024

At Odds With Human Nature

0
Serious question: Have you ever written something and gone back a very long time later (looking for a specific pull quote) to reuse it in new content and thought to yourself, "damn... That was...

A Beached Hermit

0
As I write this, the temperatures outside hover in the 20s and 30s and the ground is covered with a thin layer of snow and ice.

Beauty In Chaos

0
If such a thing existed as a self-portrait of internal brain function, mine must surely be this image. I took this picture about a year ago and have come back to it quite a...

Body Of Work

0
I thought about writing an autobiography once. I had a good chuckle with myself, thinking it was not only a self-indulgent vanity to think anyone would care about my life story while, on the...

A Half-Day Hermit Furlough

0
As of this writing, I have been effectively housebound for the last two and a half months. Having spent the last ten years happily living a self-induced Hermit life, preserving a comfortable 100-yard socially...

Photo Journal: A Hermit Store Run

0
Especially for my overseas penpal, April ~ The inbound Carriage arrives It's a cozy ride My whole heart hates City life Crosswalk death's nearby Gladiator breakfast time! What hell lurks inside? Mapping out my shopping strides What the hell'd I...

A Lovely Ride

0
All my life, I have been a "quotes" guy. What I mean by that is that whenever I come across just the right combination of words, they stick in my head and stay with...

Of Poignance & Bucket Lists

0
It’s interesting how seemingly casual, light-hearted conversations can sometimes take on lives of their own and wind up in places that were never intended. I suppose it happens often enough to be no great...

48 Hours

0
I have quoted James Taylor more than once on his observation that "the secret to life is enjoying the passage of time." He is not wrong, and perhaps the greatest wonder of our species...

COVID-19 & The Death Of A Furtive Way Of Life

0
The greatest things in life are the ones nobody else is doing.