Christmas Letter 2024If 2023 saw us do a good deal of traveling, 2024 was filled with family and friends visiting here, with one exception. That was the 40th…Dec 144Dec 144
Aurea donaSimple and how the light filters through the windows, a yellow tint, it may be this season’s sun, fading up north, brighter there,Dec 8Dec 8
Modus vivendiAffection is the heart of the closer relationships, the I Ching says. If marriage is a frequent path to them, often with a family and…Nov 17Nov 17
Some thoughts on marriageAt the end of August, my wife and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary. We usually go out ourselves on this occasion, but we invited…Nov 9Nov 9
On repeatI was 14 when immortality in some form became my project. Not that I had much to work with at that point, but the motivation was there, the…Oct 28Oct 28
The city observedI never thought of myself as a theorist, but my inability even to assemble a flat-pack bookcase, let alone make a flower box for my mother…Oct 26Oct 26
Lunch at the end of the worldIt was hastily arranged as these things go, but it’s never easy to organize an archon’s schedule, whereas a replicant like me can use…Sep 23Sep 23
Swedenborg’s cosmology and mineWhen I read Heaven & Hell, I was struck by Swedenborg’s conviction that people delude themselves that they’re good. Few people are, he…Aug 26Aug 26
One afternoon is like anotherEncountering an acquaintance while out walking a few days ago, he was surprised by her question, “What are you exactly?” A poet, he…Aug 25Aug 25
