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Category Archives: Writings
Words from Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Weeks ago: friend Jon and I walk up 2nd Avenue, and I tell him of a fantasy I have of moving to the woods. Walden comes up, and I say I had difficulty reading it. He recommends Annie Dillard’s Pilgrim … Continue reading
Joshua Tree
On Saturday: Deenah, Dan, Daoud & I wake up in Indio, California. We drive from our Motel 6 to Joshua Tree National Park. I’ve never seen a Joshua Tree before. After driving through miles of flat space, coming upon a … Continue reading
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Suns, Time, Travel
Sunset, 2010 February 7 In Los Angeles, I climb the hill on Occidental College campus. At the top I meet a stranger who tells me to take a photo of these birds because they’re a rare site. For his whole … Continue reading
Day in DUMBO
Today I have a 10:15 am doctor’s appointment in Brooklyn Heights. I wake up a little later than I’d intended, so I have a quick breakfast and hop on the bus. It snowed this morning; water runs vertically on the … Continue reading
Words from Tehanu
Casey lent me Ursula K LeGuin’s Tehanu, one of the books from The Earthsea Trilogy-turned-cycle. I’ve always been attracted to science fiction, but rarely fantasy (although they both fall under the clumsy term “speculative fiction”). However, the Earthsea Trilogy engaged … Continue reading
New Words from Wordsmith
I’m subscribed to the Wordsmith Word-a-day mailing list. I like a bunch of them, but rarely use them. I’m keeping ones I like here as a reference for myself. This past weeks words were all religious. I liked one particular: … Continue reading
Cheese On Bread Japan & other past projects
For months, Cheese On Bread has been hearing that Japanese label Moorworks would be releasing our last record, The Search for Colonel Mustard. Matt just sent an email saying that it’s going to be released December 26! And it’s true, … Continue reading
Distraction, Extinction
A few weeks ago, Elen told me that one of the reasons why humans are so easily distracted is because we’ve been trained over generations to feel rewarded when we notice changes around us. This sense of reward makes us … Continue reading
Classic Futon, Circa 2003 in Ridgewood, near Bushwick – $25
I moved to Brooklyn with a friend in the summer of 2003. It was quite an exciting time. My first apartment! Blackouts! There was only one problem: we had no place to put guests when they arrived. Fortunately, down the … Continue reading