Field notes
Things that happened to me. Sometimes also photos.
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Surprising Optimism: Finally Something Good from Stefan Sagmeister
The man to my right stared at me incredulously. He had the seat next to mine in the back of Cowell Theatre, and I had…
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Air and Light: My favorite outdoor photos from the last few years
I seem to like close-up photography and patterns.
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Many and Few: The lowest common denominator drags us down
Leo Tolstoy wrote that all happy families are alike but each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Jim Harrison wrote that our wounds…
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NY, NY: My first visit in New York was for the New Year, and I understood why people like that city
The first time I came to New York, I came for the New Year. My friend’s friend had gone back to Mexico for the holidays…
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Aimless Reading: The best reason to read is because you like it
Reading fiction is fun, but interpreting fiction isn’t. Neither am I convinced that trying to interpret novels or poems in a structured way is to…
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Doing it Yourself: Rebuilding my kitchen
A few years back, before my wife and I had kids and when we still lived in a condo in San Francisco, we asked a…