Sohbet – Fallowed Field
A copy and paste of the first sohbet thread, lost in the development of the sohbet page.Read More »Sohbet – Fallowed Field
A copy and paste of the first sohbet thread, lost in the development of the sohbet page.Read More »Sohbet – Fallowed Field
I have a friend who works as a chaplain providing spiritual support for people in mental health crises – as an aside, I’ve been wondering what the difference is between a spiritual crisis and a psychiatric one, but that’s a whole different article. Anyway, he was telling me about someone who asked him what he thought a good symbol for God would be.Read More »The Space Between the Notes
I’d like to have a good answer to the question how I managed to get to be thirty eight and still be single.Read More »Why I’m Still Single
Wabi sabi, the Japanese aesthetic valuing naturalness based on the underlying principle that nothing is ever permanent, perfect, or complete — and that includes this… Read More »wabi sabi

I had this t-shirt in high school, on it was a graphic of a guy’s face stretched and distorted in G-force. I can’t get that visual out of my head as I try and get this website (and a whole writing career) up and running. I keep bashing up against my own ignorance, and the pull of inertia, the status quo of my current life, seems just about insurmountable. I feel torn apart in my efforts to reach escape velocity.