a day at the “museum”

Note: A few months ago now I was traveling, bouncing from one experience to another and all the while trying to stuff them into my head. This is extracted from my notes and attempts to…

schooled in coffee

Note: A few months ago now I was traveling, bouncing from one experience to another and all the while trying to stuff them into my head. This is extracted from my notes and attempts to…

writing teaches writing

When I started this project with the luxury of a sabbatical, I pictured what many others probably imagine. I would be sequestered away in an upstairs room — an image that now strikes me as…

marathon recap

I don’t think that running 26.2 miles provides an interesting arc to support an interesting story. Instead, there is a cluster of observations not unlike any given 4-hour time period. This one just happens to…