It is easy to forget how mysterious and mighty stories are. They do their work in silence, invisibly. They work with the internal materials of the mind and self. They become part of you while changing you. Beware the stories… Continue Reading
It’s actually a bit… unexpected… that I would marry a doctor. Especially a (for now) family practice doctor. I never had “a doctor” growing up. We had a clinic. First come, first serve. I had a dentist and an eye-doctor.… Continue Reading
The Constitution is becoming, with each passing day, an ever more ironic document as Americans urge elected officials to follow it more closely, even as they themselves continue to support policies and practices which are antithetical to it. — Ethan… Continue Reading
Fourteen U.S. States have a distinction unshared by the remaining thirty-four. Those states are: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.
I had to mow my lawn today. The grass had grown too tall. And yesterday when my friends and I drove to Santa Barbara for fish and chips, it was warm enough in the afternoon for guys to wear shorts… Continue Reading
The history of man is not simply the conquest of external power; it is first the conquest of those distrusts and fiercenesses, that self-concentration and intensity of animalism, that tie his hands from taking his inheritance. The ape in us… Continue Reading
When you acknowledge as you must, that there is no such thing as perfect food, only the idea of it, then the real purpose of striving toward perfection becomes clear; to make people happy. That’s what cooking is all about.… Continue Reading
Politico has a piece up about the pushback on Bob Kerrey’s candidacy for the Nebraska Senate seat: The Progressive Change Campaign Committee, a leading booster of liberal candidates and causes, waited just two hours after Kerrey’s announcement this week before… Continue Reading
The life of the arts, far from being an interruption, a distraction in the life of a nation, is very close to the center of a nation’s purpose, and this is a test of the quality of a nation’s civilization.… Continue Reading
Inspired by a comment from BradK yesterday, I decided that I wanted to be James Bond and drink a Vesper. So I bought a bottle of Lillet, and while I was waiting for it to chill, I went back and… Continue Reading