the first item is the reason why i'm able to write this at all. if you've followed my what's new page, you'll know that i haven't added anything to these pages in almost two months, despite my best intentions. i've just been way too busy. since i started working for andover in february, there's been…
simplicity
a couple of years ago, i heard a story on npr about people involved with a "voluntary simplicity movement". the goals they'd set for themselves -- slowing down, cleaning out all the physical and mental clutter, taking the time to be a better friend and neighbor -- appealed to me. i poked around yahoo!, and…
on the sale of alcoholic beverages in glass containers
i recently finished reading the autobiography of benjamin franklin. one of the pleasures of it is franklin's attention to day-to-day matters, to the solution of problems that some might consider mundane, from the location of openings on gaslights to the best means of sweeping city streets and the arrangement of their gutters. to me, they're…
free websites
[when i wrote this, i had no idea i'd be working for freshmeat later that year. :)] before you become too confused, this has absolutely nothing to do with geocities or tripod or any such service. i'm thinking here about freedom, not price. if that phrase doesn't ring a bell with you, run over and…
poems i’ve written since dan’s been gone
these are poems i've written since i lost dan. the robe winter is pressing in through the walls. i can't find any of my clothes, but i found your robe today in the pile of laundry still unsorted eight months after you washed it. i'd forgotten it. how could i have, after the thousands of…
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