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“A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.”
~Franz Kafka

“Music comes from an icicle as it melts, to live again as spring water.” 
~Henry Williamson

assortment of ice cream cones laid out on parchment paper with various toppings, sticky like the fly paper of midlife crisis
I’m Stuck, You’re Stuck, We’re All Stuck, so…Let’s Go Get Ice Cream? 
Confession: I’ve been avoiding this blog. But it weighs on me—maybe not as heavily as an albatross, maybe more like a spunky crow, that squawks in my ear about how much money I paid to sustain this site,...
Lake among mountains where I camped on my 39th birthday
Taking Inspiration from the Mysterious Ways and Play of Ideas
I thought my idea was pretty clever. I knew it was impractical. And so when the older, retired lawyer cast a bemused, mildly exasperated glance over at his older, retired paralegal wife after I shared...
Neat rows of clocks all telling the same time
"Timing is Everything": Some Considerations on Doing Things out of Sync
Table of Contents Socially appropriate timing Timing is everything, the old adage goes. Usually it’s applied to relationships and lucky breaks—stories of unrequited love might contain an element of...
Pie with sparklers, but what if the pie catches fire?
Ligaments, a Flaming Pie, and Grumpy Notecards: How "Legs to Stand On" Got Its Title
For sixty days starting in September 2022, I had a leg to stand on. A leg. One. My life winnowed down to the daily puzzle of how to accomplish basic tasks while on crutches, like entering and exiting my...