they say you can never go back
Note: Last week I was traveling, bouncing from one experience to another and all the while trying to stuff them all into my head. This week I want to get at least a quick entry…
Category: learning
distilling learning
Note: Last week I was traveling, bouncing from one experience to another and all the while trying to stuff them all into my head. This week I want to get at least a quick entry…
“What are you doing on your sabbatical?”
“So, what are you doing on your sabbatical?” The question comes from family, colleagues, teachers I visit, people I meet on the street. There’s my immediate beginning to explain, followed by a long pause, followed…
a church on the corner
I walked up to the church on the corner, its blue sign with neon tubes performing the simple task of identifying the building. Traffic passed by at regular intervals in phase with the stoplight. I’d…
working in phase
I’m continuously trying make sense of things I’m working on this year, and to do this I have compiled a mess of writings and photos comparing one of the most iconic museums in America to…
getting back on
Today, Grace got bucked off her horse; and then she got back on again. I wouldn’t put so fine a point on this except for the fact that it’s kind of a big deal, falling…
most astounding facts
One of my reliable nightmares involves getting thrust into the center of a situation in which I have absolutely no expertise and absolutely no right. I am the quarterback in the center of a huddle…
on collaboration
A few months ago, my friend Cheyenne invited me to a gathering of musicians. These were real musicians, people who actually perform and go to songwriting conferences and generally really know what they’re doing. The…
on yoga
It took me only about two minutes of yoga class to realize that I don’t need to write about yoga class.* Writing about it right here and now, just a couple hours after class, is…