TBR List Declutter, Issue 41
Tangent: The Best Defense My cat, Owen, turned eighteen this past February. He’s starting to look like a bit bony and a little scruffy, he sleeps even more than he … Continue reading TBR List Declutter, Issue 41
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TBR List Declutter, Issue 40
Tangent: Friends and Flatterers During lunch, my children and I have been listening to Stephen West’s “Philosophize This!” podcast. Recently we heard about Plutarch’s distinction between friends and flatterers. A … Continue reading TBR List Declutter, Issue 40
TBR List Declutter, Issue 39
Tangent: Physical Education None of us had any clue what field handball was, and my children had never taken a P.E. class before, yet here we were on a sunny … Continue reading TBR List Declutter, Issue 39
TBR List Declutter, Issue 38
Tangent: On Letter-Writing For the past year, I’ve been exchanging letters with a prison inmate through the letter-writing ministry of the Unitarian Universalist Association’s Church of the Larger Fellowship. Because … Continue reading TBR List Declutter, Issue 38
TBR List Declutter, Issue 37
Tangent: There are no obvious invertebrates in today’s Visual Interest, so it’s safe to tell you about “Chicken Casserole.” I put “Chicken Casserole” in quotes because I always think of … Continue reading TBR List Declutter, Issue 37
TBR List Declutter, Issue 36
Tangent: In León, Spain, last November, we’d just eaten a meal that included a selection of cured meats—jamón ibérico, chorizo, lechazo, morcilla, cecina. On the way back through the old … Continue reading TBR List Declutter, Issue 36
TBR List Declutter, Issue 35
Tangent: We’ve been living in temporary housing for nearly eight weeks, courtesy of my spouse’s relocation package. When we moved to Massachusetts in 2011, that meant living in an extended-stay … Continue reading TBR List Declutter, Issue 35
TBR List Declutter, Issue 34
Tangent: This is the third time I’ve lived in San Diego. The first was from age seven months to age four, the second from age seven to age ten, and … Continue reading TBR List Declutter, Issue 34
TBR List Declutter, Issue 33
Tangent: I’ve been reading Sherry Turkle’s Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less From Each Other (which is on my TBR—TBR List Declutter success story!). The book … Continue reading TBR List Declutter, Issue 33
TBR List Declutter, Issue 32
Tangent: San Diego is big. The city is very spread out, and while public transit here is either nonexistent or dramatically inadequate, the highways are pretty impressive. They have lots … Continue reading TBR List Declutter, Issue 32
TBR List Declutter, Issue 31
Tangent: “Why does San Diego have to be so sunny all the time?” asked my son. “I wish it would rain more.” My son is lover of the cold. He … Continue reading TBR List Declutter, Issue 31
TBR List Declutter, Issue 30
I’ve been lifting in weight rooms since I was fourteen, mostly in college fitness centers. Most of these weight rooms have had ample benches and multiple sets of weights, and … Continue reading TBR List Declutter, Issue 30
Imperfect Happiness 