Month: February 2012

Ira Glass on Creativity

Spotted this over at Brain Pickings and definitely can appreciate that I am still in this stage of not-quite-there in so many aspects of my life.

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Brief notes on God.

(Some disjointed thoughts from reading The Belief Instinct, and Varieties of Religious Experience. Themes I have thought very much about in the past several years of my life and would like to return to in a better essay eventually). It seems to me that… Continue Reading “Brief notes on God.”

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Adventures in vertical gardening

I can tell from my inclinations that it really is an early spring year, as my urgency to get outside and garden prep is much greater this year than at the same time in 2011. The ground never really did freeze this year, and… Continue Reading “Adventures in vertical gardening”

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The good, the bad, the federal government

Things over here are pretty awesome these days. Awesome both in the sense of being great, but also in the sense of being a tad overwhelming. The good, the bad, the life – you know – the life. What’s good right now you ask?… Continue Reading “The good, the bad, the federal government”

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Book Notes: The Case for Books

Whatever the future may be, it will be digital. The present is a time of transition, when printed and digital modes of communication coexist and new technology soon becomes obsolete. Already we are witnessing the disappearance of familiar objects: the typewriter, now consigned to… Continue Reading “Book Notes: The Case for Books”

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