the mental mulch pile
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Taking a day
So yesterday I totally just took a day…
Advice for working from home
Some free unsolicited advice for people new to working from home…
Fighting for the light
Ooof. January was a hard hard month…
A rather comfortable tension
“This power of belief over evidence is the result of two factors: cognitive dissonance and the backfire effect”…
A day can make a world of difference. Two can change the world.
A day can make a world of difference. Two can change the world…
Trying to find my way back
This has been a hard hard week. And, honestly, I am not okay…
Huh…
I’m not saying I have a problem…
I remember
I was 19 and in my second year of university when I heard about the mass shooting at l’École Polytechnique de Montréal…
“You are a scaffold of minerals…”
…covered in steaks…
Don’t ask me how I know...
It takes nine hours for…
9:30 pm morning breath
Okay, 9:30 pm morning breath…
Two markers
I’m sitting here in my kitchen, still awake and processing an intense day…
Happiness: a thought experiment
Margaret Lee Runbeck is quoted as saying “Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of travel”…
The Power of a Good Question
Back in June of 2019, I had the delight of several disparate conversations and moments that sparked some much needed contemplation…
You are my sun, my moon, my starlit sky…
So I should…
Morning Thought: identity politics
Morning Thought: Seems to me the only people who call “identity politics” divisive are those who have used identity in the past to exclude…
Seven reasons why the world is improving
A reminder to myself and others that things are getting better…
Welcome to my world
Welcome to my world, and the world for my children…
A passing thought about the Folio Society’s edition of Dune
Welcome, circa. 2018b
Welcome to the Black Riders website…