Chère Maman, Je vais essayer d'écrire en français parce que -- comme j'espère que tu sais -- je suis à l'école à Paris pour améliorer mon français. … [Read more...] about From Paris, With Love
Solving the Rubik’s Poem
I am a very occasional poet. The urge, the wisp of an idea for a poem, wafts by once every three years and it's hit or miss whether I bother to write it down. … [Read more...] about Solving the Rubik’s Poem
Art, Hammered
Several weeks ago I went to a photography exhibit consisting solely of photographs of hammers. … [Read more...] about Art, Hammered
Well That Was Weird
Let's just go ahead and call this week's blog a failure. … [Read more...] about Well That Was Weird
Oceans, Mountains, and Their Appetites
"The ocean's culinary taste was growing more sophisticated and occasionally its appetite was unwieldy. It ate boats and children, the occasional shoe. … [Read more...] about Oceans, Mountains, and Their Appetites
Feathers Out of Clay
At 3:15 the steep, snow-crusted slope at the end of the sports field started bowling out teenagers like they were cans of pop rolling out of a Coke machine. … [Read more...] about Feathers Out of Clay