We wore shoulder pads back then, in public no less, and posed for stock photos with weapons that didn’t work and everyday cowboy boots that did—with nary a thought of …
on being and dying while here?
The world kills us all in the end, I believe, so I write to cheat death of its winnings. But what happens when words can’t capture the pain or loose …
on learning the lessons at one’s feet
For the 37 years prior to 11.12.13/0014h, my days have proceeded thus: wake up, get up, work, fulfill duties (to children, spouse, animals, friends, and strangers), work some more, fulfill …
on the mislaying of plans and beings curmudgeonly
All of last night and now apparently some significant part of today are to be devoted to coming alongside the stray, aggressive, injured, deaf, old, unneutered male dog who decided …
on pack rat PT and reiki and successes in uncommon hours
S/he showed up in our lives one chilly evening three weeks ago, this little pack rat, with a mangled back leg and bleeding haunch and in such shock from whatever …
on avian kin and the leavings that succor existence
Sixteen months of faithfully ranging, casing this place, and yet leaving hungry every time, the little lean coyote last night finally struck. And because we humans had pulled a city-slicker …
on putting one foot in front of the other (or, how the rest of us endure Congress)
On the day the federal government shut down this week, throwing our already-sequestered lives into disarray, disrupting our plans and bottom lines and whatever hopes we had that our elected …
on loosened fixtures and carrying on
In the category of Things I Never Thought I’d Hear Myself Saying …
on meeting the world sans salves
Some of the best tools that we have for intellectually meeting the world (disciplined writing and analysis) are the very worst for engaging it ethically or morally or for requiring …
on learning/teaching and vulnerability
While watching a small black kitten socialize a grumpy old orange cat a few days ago—on a break from preparing my course materials for fall—I began to ponder the uneasy …