Late Summer 2021
The oak leaves have their mature deep green, leathery appearance. The fog has a gray cast, rather than the golden hue it somehow gathers in the spring and early summer. […]
Routine
The Ever Present Suck of Media
You’ve reached the bottom of the rabbit hole’s gravity well; midway through your night’s journey, you’ve found yourself in a hermit’s blog. The internet has its pull. It preys with […]
The excitement never ends
March 22, a gorgeous Spring day. Cloudless clear skies, rapidly rising temps, and some outdoor work to do, but not much to worry about, so I thought. The much anticipated […]
Routine and Discipline
Holy smokes, it’s been very hard to keep my routine lately. With COVID’s challenges being dynamic and it being a busy time of the year for my business, I am […]
Technology and Monasticism
… is the title of an unwritten dissertation. In my monastic experience, I’ve taken a tack that welcomes some tech and shuns others. I don’t think there’s a single approach […]
Keeping the Routine in Check
Good morning! Today I might just be able to focus on and appreciate my solitude. I’m finding that maintaining my weekly routine is frequently disrupted, and though I can maintain […]
Lessons from Evolution in the age of Media
The term, “meme,” doesn’t only mean a snarky cat photo. The term was coined by Richard Dawkins in his book, The Selfish Gene, and was meant to reflect a much […]
Making room for the rest of the week
Mondays are my days where I clear out business so I don’t have so much to worry about the rest of the week. Today, I picked up meds, took care […]
Resolutions 2021
New Years has always been a favorite time. It’s kind of like a birthday- a fresh start, a new cycle, but one where I’m willing to spoil the opportunity for […]
A Guest
For safety during the Pandemic, my son is staying in “The Shed” some of the time, where I lived when I was building the house. He’s a good guest, offering […]
A New Week
The Western week has two types of days. Weekday, and weekend days. The weekdays have subtle flavors depending upon their proximity to the coming weekend, but have similar expectations. In […]
7 Days
There’s this construct that never really made a lot of sense to me, the 7-day week. It seems this hinges upon the Babylonians’ observational talents, astute at the time, but […]
Errand Day
I cluster my errands as much as I can so that larger swaths of solitary time are maximized. Today, Mo went to the vet for his persistent foot infection, I […]