by aaron | Jun 28, 2025 | blog
This morning the light seeps through the trees as if it had been spilled. The sun is distant and hazy and you watch as it slowly climbs. It’s in no rush and neither should you be. Your back is tight and it’s not until you pinch your shoulders together that...
by aaron | Jun 16, 2025 | blog, Essays, not-fiction
No Kings is an objectively silly name. Outside of very specific revolutionary situations it sounds goofy, a name for a porn production company or a casino slot machine. Googling either option makes me nervous, so instead I’ll talk about the recent No Kings protests,...
by aaron | Jun 9, 2025 | blog, Essays, not-fiction
I am fortunate to live surrounded by trees. As trees make good homes for birds, I am also surrounded by birds. I do not believe this makes me fortunate, for among the many things birds are is noisy. That may sound obvious. After all, it’s a well documented...
by aaron | Jun 6, 2025 | blog, Essays, not-fiction
In our last post someone wrote this… Let’s look at that lonely little pronoun, our. First-person pronouns are something we enjoy around here. The We in that previous sentence is one of them. It’s what some people call the Royal We, though I prefer Majestic Plural to...
by aaron | Jun 2, 2025 | blog, Essays, not-fiction
Someone in our last post wrote this: It also raises the question of one’s self, and that’s a hornet’s nest we’ll kick another day The human self is an overwhelming reality. I know this because I have one. Or am one? I’m not sure which it is. As you can see,...