But we’re gonna make it after all. This month, take it easy, don’t rush, don’t attack — and celebrate when you can We are not going to be defeated this year. Say it with me. We are not going down in defeat in June, or in July, or at any point in 2019. That’s not…Read More
Articles from May 2019
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Dispatches from the Underground: I was Right About May (According to Me)
A look back on May’s outlook, my neighbors are moving, I’m listening to music, and I’m not going to any concerts Looking back on May, the first thought that pops into my head, with gusto: “That was a wild ride, whatever the hell it was.” It went by fast but also seemed long; the trip…Read More
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What’s So Bad About Escape?
Sometimes we can’t hold the weight of the world on our shoulders — and we shouldn’t have to Escapism gets a bad rap. A month or so back it was intimated during a political discussion that our indulgence in it is why we find ourselves in the situation we’re in. Climate change, abortion bans, capitalism,…Read More
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Persephone Days: Designing Wildness
Skip the stressful part of gardening and embrace the lazy chaos of nature Permaculture has a reputation for being concerned only with planting tons of trees or encouraging everyone to eat weird perennial vegetables nobody has ever heard of. To be sure, the “perma-” part of “permaculture” does speak to the need to plant perennial food…Read More
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Dispatches from the Underground: A Few Words on Children of the Arts Day
Plus one last word on Game of Thrones. And the summer mustache is back. When I first encountered the 1957 film Peyton Place it was the late 90s and it was still normal to accidentally find yourself watching a movie partway through just because it was ON. AMC was still “American Movie Classics”. I was still in high…Read More
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Omnitemporality in a Strip Mall
Searching for a missing boy, a private investigator finds more than he bargained for —over apps at Chili’s I took a sip from my coffee, momentarily wishing it was fortified with bourbon but glad that when we’d met in the line at Starbucks, Vanessa Rusakova, my prospective client, had assumed she was paying. That boded…Read More
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Ballad of the Moose
Reflections on a remarkable ordinary life His actual name is Marc, but when we met in sixth-grade he was known as La-La: La-La Lacourse. He was always getting tripped, or knocked down, ridiculed and beat on, and then he would lie writhing in pain in the middle of the school corridor with glasses askew on…Read More
Turns out Bran is the Night King after all.
Game of Thrones: The World Moves On
Our final live chat of the show’s final episode includes joy, consternation, mild satisfaction, no Lord of Light, no Meera Reed, and no democracy. Plus: did Tony get whacked at the end? Chris: Did the sequence show a partially destroyed King’s Landing but also show an intact Iron Throne? John: Yeah, I think. Jesse: I’m…Read More
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Dreamscapes: The Possession of the Unicorn
What to do when the demon enters our ride My room is a disaster: clothes on the floor, books on the bed — it looks like it will take hours to clean it all up. Every time I’ve ever tried to magic a mess away, it’s never worked, but I decide to try it anyway. I wave…Read More
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Mother Moon and Mangrove Fish Tanks
Relearning to feel and connect with other souls after so long I was never very good with women. Dating was always uncomfortable, trying to hide my own demons and failings while trying to impress a potential date was too tiring. I would try now and again, remember how much I hated it, and retreat to…Read More