May 2012
1 post
April 2012
5 posts
“When tea becomes ritual, it takes its place at the heart of our ability to see...”
– Muriel Barberry (The Elegance of the Hedgehog)
Sentences I like: Stephen King
jdickerson:
“There are lots of would be censors out there, and although they may have different agendas, they all want basically the same thing: for you to see the world they see…or to at least shut up about what you do see that’s different.” Stephen King, On Writing.
March 2012
1 post
“Introversion — along with its cousins sensitivity, seriousness, and shyness — is...”
– Susan Cain in Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, one of 7 great books by TED 2012 speakers (via explore-blog)
February 2012
3 posts
Girl Walk//All Day →
This makes me so happy. Find some time and watch it all!
A Mathematician's Lament →
I’ve been meaning to post this for ages. What if we taught music or art the same way we teach math…
September 2011
2 posts
August 2011
6 posts
When it comes to novels, fantasy is the rule, not... →
Lev Grossman: Respect the SF/F, please.
July 2011
5 posts
June 2011
2 posts
May 2011
1 post
For my friend Frank, who reminded me of a...
April 2011
17 posts
Watch“Saraté” with Eva: Eva has become well-practiced in a martial art she calls Saraté.” Here, she offers a class for your benefit.
Two Poems by Wendell Berry, on Earth Day
The Peace Of Wild Things
When despair grows in me and I wake in the middle of the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water....
March 2011
1 post
February 2011
3 posts
January 2011
3 posts
