Shifting tides

That title sounds like I’ve been to the beach. On the contrary, I’d love to go there but haven’t in a huge long time. I’m thinking today about depression, and how it can come and go, at least in my life. Last week I was feeling really vacant, and I felt powerless [...]

Resituation

I’m home from a weeklong trip to New York and Washington D.C. It was a good week. I got to spend time with people I like very much, doing work and learning new things and just playing a little. In New York, the first day I was there, I decided I wanted [...]

Gardens in Bomb Casings

The picture in my blog header right now is of a bomb casing which is being used as an herb garden. I took the photo in Laos in 2003. It is interesting to me on a couple of levels. First, the people that put it there were my countrymen. They dropped [...]