LOST AND FOUND
Whilst jogging this morning, I found a five-dollar bill. It was neatly folded in half, then half again, and resting comfortably on the...
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Feb 32 min
HOT MESS
I’ve had some messy careers. Not careers I went at in a messy fashion—I’m actually very organized—but careers that brought a...
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Dec 18, 20232 min
STRANGE (HOLI)DAYS FIND US
“Strange days have found us.” That’s what Jim Morrison of the Doors sang. I have my own version that goes “Another strange holiday has...
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Nov 2, 20231 min
IT'S BLOG!
Welcome to readers, writers, and seekers of curious lore. In case you've been living in Patagonia for the past year and haven't seen my...
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Nov 2, 20232 min
DEUTERAGONOLOGY
Of his chronicler Dr. John Watson, Sherlock Holmes said: “Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating...
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Oct 2, 20232 min
LIBRE COMO EL AIRE
"Free like the air, free like the wind; free like the stars in the sky." Those are lines from a flamenco song about Gypsy life on the...
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Jul 5, 20232 min
CALL ME ISHMAEL
Art by Rachel Byler One of the less celebrated but deeply satisfying joys of being a writer is making up names. I’ve always had a gift...
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Jun 5, 20232 min
THE TAIL OF THE TALE
It’s generally known (by those with Internet access) that the traditional story launch “once upon a time” comes from Charles Perrault’s...
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May 20, 20232 min
FOOTSORE
“I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can change the world.” Bette Midler said that and I’m the last to argue with her....
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Apr 9, 20232 min
SEX ON THE SQUABS
“As the coach forced its slow way through London traffic, Amelia relaxed into the cushioned depths of the seat. Her parents had owned a...
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Mar 7, 20232 min
A GOOD HAT
I love a good hat. As to what a “good hat” is, that’s a matter of debate, aesthetics, and occasion. Frederick the Great said a crown was...
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Jan 25, 20232 min
OCH, AYE
Tonight’s the night when lovers of kelpies, selkies, kilts and crowdie, tartans and toories, come together in praise of Robert Burns....
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Jan 22, 20232 min
FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD
I react badly to novels in which nobody eats. Might as well have characters who don’t breathe. Food is such a fundamental part of our...
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Jan 18, 20232 min
ON MONA
For years, I’ve made a casual study of how people react to great art. It’s not like I follow people with a microphone when they’re...
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Dec 29, 20222 min
THE HERE AND NOW AND THE THERE AND THEN
Material culture. The totality of physical objects made by a people for the satisfaction of their needs. (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)...
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