Personal blogs

It had to happen eventually, I suppose. Since the start of the Covid period, I had somehow escaped catching Covid. I may have been asymptomatic, but I was testing regularly and had nothing but negative …

This is a very short post about a very short journey. It starts with a new (to me, as of today) theme park fact: The code name for Disney’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge area was …

Leaseholder joys A dreaded letter from my apartment's management company fell through the letterbox this week demanding yet more money. It seems the previous owner of my apartment had some outstanding fees which I'm now …

I've done very little copying in my art career, but whenever I've taken the time to try, it's been instructive and helpful. Lately I've wanted to make some new progress with watercolor, which for me …

Listen to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. “We feel that to reveal embarrassing or private things, like, say masturbatory habits (for me, about once a day, usually in the shower), …

A Northern England cross-country running event, it is said, is not official unless held 1) under an ominous sky and 2) either in the 2a) wake of, or 2b) midst of, a rainshower. So it …

From a lovely video post from Johnnie Moore: “ Sometimes giving instructions, offering advice and explanations or information may not be the best way to help people to progress and grow. And that sometimes what’s …

Drove up to Oxford to shake up the day and work alongside Tom. Even with all the gnats swirling around piles of trash we had an excellent and productive afternoon. It’s nice to work in …

One highlight of the fortnight was going on a tour of friend’s Animal Crossing islands. With a WhatsApp call for chat. It makes you realise how big the game is – not in what you …

Title: The Unseen Saul Leiter Author: Saul Leiter Publisher: D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers Pages: 159 Now firmly established as one of the world’s greatest photographers, Saul Leiter (1923–2013) was relatively little known until the 2006 publication …

Read this on The Guardian website I was asked by The Guardian to write about my reaction to reading Chris’s book and what happened after his death…. My author spouse never let me read anything …

The one place in this house where I’ve always felt comfortable is my office. I’ve spent the last 9 years building it up to almost exactly where I want it (I still can’t stand the …

At the end my previous post, I said I’d settle for direct control over widows and orphans in text blocks. It turns out not to be quite as a simple as one might think, with …

I haven't shared new photographic work in a while. I've been struggling to find the time - even though it is easily my favorite hobby. To help unclog my creative pipes, I'm slowly releasing unfinished …

In high school in Texas the 80s (Cypress Creek) I wrote two articles for the school newspaper that were banned. I was just thinking about this as I looked at the totally bonkers list of …

As I exit my twenties, I am becoming more aware of my body and its constituent elements. Its constraints, its habits. Its fires, its fluids. Its voids, its veins that newly throb, ocean-blue. When I …

TDLR: I worked on a project at Microsoft to bring pronouns to user profiles in Microsoft Office / Microsoft 365. If you are an admin, you can find out how to enable pronouns in your …

Checking in for September for my "Designing a Well-Lived Life" blogging. This is about making small changes during the year to make larger changes. Release a storyworld into the wild: This remains on my lists …