I've had a physical aversion to the internet since Trump's inaugeration and the image of the wealthy techies aligned behind him....

Back in my first year of a community supported agriculture (CSA) in North Dakota, I waged a holy but futile war against weeds, the...

Almost done digging my bunker, just in case 2025, you know, takes a certain shape... Just kidding. Although I'm sure the planes overhead...

I return to the blog this week to issue an invitation: join me in the practice of deep reading for 2025. Consider participating in the...

A brown cow was a nickname for a barrel of beer, specifically in the early 18th century in Scotland. “How now brown cow” was a way of...

If you haven't guessed from my vague mentions about training activities, I'm now ready to announce that I'm now a member of Cibola Search...

Unrelated and unimportant: check out this pile of bird doo-doo. I'm weirdly impressed that it keeps adding to that spot, as if working...

Some eye candy, dessert before the meat of the post: Buddy and I kicked off October with a hike of La Luz trail in the Sandia Mountains....

It's tarantula migration season here in New Mexico. They are on the move, searching for mates. My dog announces their passage through the...

I’ve been thinking about a quote making the rounds in podcasts and Navy SEAL memoirs, something I first heard from Jocko Willink, I...

I don't have kids. I didn't get married. I didn't build a business or establish some sort of legacy. I haven't done jack, really. True,...

I should say, my tomatoes have hornworms. This was the first year here in the desert I’ve successfully brought tomatoes from seed to...

Truly excellent sunrise this morning, though since my iCloud storage is full and I'm too cheap to pay for more storage, this photo is...

I was riding my bicycle home from the gym when I saw a kid squatting in front of a BMX lying on its side in the middle of the asphalt...

If you suddenly fell into unlimited wealth, what would you do with that money to live your version of “the rich life”? Let’s have this be...

As the calendar opens to August, this is the first year in long memory that I’m not preparing for the opening of the Fall academic...

I’ve resumed a daily habit of reading through a dictionary page or two looking for new-to-me words and ideas and copying the best of them...

I often poke fun at myself for always being one question short: even if I managed to ask a series of really good questions, I'll somehow...

I am rather fond of this photograph from the batch I made this past week, but it has nothing to do with what I'm about to share. Buddy...

Wix has a new A.I. brainstorm feature that appears with the blank page for blog posts now. Trying to help me, I guess, the bot suggested...