Monthly Archives: April 2020

Last night we sat in the backyard for the first time this season, occupying two of the six chairs surrounding our glass-top table with umbrella situated two summers ago in the sunshine upon a rectangle of 12 faux brick tiles … Continue reading →

I did some good work this week. First I spun some loops and dazzled the bedazzled. Then I mixed some truth with couth and triangulated the uncoangular. Then I soothed some savage and orchestrated an opus. In between I seethed … Continue reading →

“Behind every great fortune there is a crime.” The quote above is most commonly attributed to Honoré de Balzac, though it is apparently simplified (from his original words) to be more provocative. As is my wont, and because it feels … Continue reading →

Untempered belief easily becomes brutish exploitation in the hands of those with power. Untempered belief may come from indoctrination, ego gratification, fear, groupthink, apathy, inattentiveness, or a combination of these and perhaps other factors I have not realized. So how … Continue reading →