something happens next

always. every time.

  • Thursday morning, 8 a.m. I’m at a new cafe. I’m here in spite of things: in spite of cleaning the garage; in spite of the career work I need to…

  • Planning is just planning. It isn’t doing. It can be weirdly easy to mix this up. Spring! The third book of Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations, the Hays translation, is really worthwhile.…

  • Noticed this inset into the sidewalk outside the office this morning. Not sure how I missed it before, but also impressed at how apt the quote still seems. Clearly my…

  • The paths we take though a city are laid out in asphalt and stonein side-yard fences in restaurants and convenience stores known and unknown. I drove down the freeway today, took the…

  • M., who was once a new grad reporting to me and with whom I’m still in touch as an interesting person to talk to, just sent me this article: I…

  • There are a lot of Mars Rover images out there, but this is the one I saw first: Like everyone else on the Internet, I teared up. Like everyone else…