Ridin’ the Bus, Keepin’ It Real
It was “Care Free/Car Free Day” at school last Thursday. Some students walked in, starting out before dawn. Many rode bikes. Those near a line took the light rail. My wife has been suggesting for years...
View ArticleOf Photographs, Memories and the Buddha
If you are a collector of books–or of anything that reassures you of who you are and what life is about–read this essay by James Santel in the Paris Review. It’s a stabbingly beautiful meditation on...
View ArticleDavid Haskell Finds Biology Zen in a Patch of Nature – NYTimes.com
David Haskell Finds Biology Zen in a Patch of Nature – NYTimes.com. This past weekend I was walking in a park near my home to watch a Cross Country Meet. It was strange, as it has been ever since I...
View ArticleLouis C.K.’s Mystical Experience: “The Forever Empty”
I’ve been wary of Louis C.K. for years, keeping him at arm’s length in spite of sensing that he was among the cleverest, most cerebral comic voices of today. A few days ago, a friend sent me a link to...
View ArticleProtecting True Play In a Gaming Culture
Have you noticed you don’t play as much as you used to? I mean in your adult life, of course, not compared to when you were a kid. But childhood is the best place to start a reflection about play, so...
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