as I was going to sleep last night I had a very clear vision of how my mind works. it was a delicate, erector-set-like machine constructed like a bridge over the much vaster body of direct experience. I could hear it humming. “that’s all there is to it?” I remember thinking

evening walk I get mugged by the moon

Please help me find the emoji to describe this loaf of bread. . I didn’t do this on purpose, I swear. The dough was over-proved, as Paul Hollywood would say, and it stuck to the proofing basket as I inverted it into the parchment for baking. The bit that stuck finally released its hold with […]

The plum and peach and nectarine trees are full of buds right now, each one delicately fuzzy – here and there I see a fragile, papery, pinkish-white blossom, but mostly the trees are full only of yearning

touching the Earth ::savoring each sliceof the tangerine (with a 🙏to Thich Nhat Hanh) (photo by Michael Dorausch michaeldorausch.com)

office plant even the pebbles are plastic

Notes from the end of Gil Fronsdal’s class on concentration . . . #meditation #samadhi #bell #metaphor #notes #insight #gilfronsdal https://www.instagram.com/p/BtphXn9HPkr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14jmsv0b9s6le

winter morning :: the cat asks if he can become my neck warmer #haiku #micropoetry https://www.instagram.com/p/BtpJdQDHWQp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1apvyh612hnf3

hamotzi: another comic for class! we were given a list of paintings and told to pick one to use in a story. i used 6 paintings here, and these are all the artists in order of their works’ appearances: Telemaco Signorini, Piagentina; Winslow Homer, A Shady Spot; James Bingham; James Bingham; Walter L

Think I finally found a baker’s mark I like https://www.instagram.com/p/BsvbmqJHavs/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1tn8zpwa74qmh

Edward Gorey: amazingly cool. This is what I’m aiming for in the second half of my life. Robert Gottlieb’s review of the new Gorey bio by Mark Dery is a rare example of a very negative book review that I actually enjoyed. Because Gottlieb knows a lot about Gorey he is able to provide a […]

Things get a little weird inside the Cloud Gate (at Cloud Gate by Anish Kapoor) https://www.instagram.com/p/Br_6YGLAi48/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=158nssdravbsj