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I don't have to go looking for synchronicity because it always finds me. This time it was on Netflix. The other day I watched Netflix's new docu-drama The Social Dilemma (trailer) based on the recommendation from a friend and a lively text thread about its implications. The film's thesis is that social networks are engineered … Continue reading Are You Paying Attention? On ‘The Social Dilemma’ and ‘My Octopus Teacher’
More photography here and on my Instagram. From our go-to park last fall: Little man enjoying the ball pit at his cousin’s birthday party: The inside view of Madison's capitol dome: Turns out kids love swings: A few shots from probably the last snowfall of an extremely mild winter:
I've only made it through the preface of Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane—an "epic exploration of the Earth’s underworlds as they exist in myth, literature, memory, and the land itself"—yet rich quotes abound: "The same three tasks recur across cultures and epochs: to shelter what is precious, to yield what is valuable, and … Continue reading Quotes from the Underland
Somewhere on the Internet I stumbled upon this print from the artist Nina Montenegro's series Against Forgetting: It struck a chord in me not only because I've been reading the tree-centric novel The Overstory, but also because six days ago I became a father. And I'll tell ya, I know I'm barely a week into … Continue reading Circle of lives
Spent a few days in the Northwoods of Wisconsin on a fishing trip with my dad and friends. Beautiful weather, fresh air, fishing, a rental cabin, film noir in the evenings. Not bad livin'. I took a few photos and videos along the way. The tree stumps outside our rental cabin had some nice colors: … Continue reading Done gone fishin’ in the Northwoods
Got Pinery Boys: Songs and Songcatching in the Lumberjack Era as an unexpected Christmas gift from my dad. Given our shared appreciation for and history in the Northwoods of Wisconsin (though not in lumberjacking or songcatching unfortunately), this was a delightful read. It's partly a reprint of Franz Rickaby's 1926 collection Ballads and Songs of the … Continue reading Pinery Boys: Songs and Songcatching in the Lumberjack Era
I'd heard a lot of great things about Asheville, North Carolina, so my wife and I finally made a trip there happen to meet up with some Durham friends for a long weekend in the mountains. Surprise: It was wondrous! Our Airbnb was a cabin on a mountain farm in nearby Black Mountain, complete with … Continue reading Autumn in Asheville
More photography here. One of the many things I love about fall and winter is sunrise happens later in the morning, thus allowing me to go for a run in the darkness of the morning without having to get up at WHAT o'clock. On a recent run I broke my rule about not taking pictures … Continue reading Recent Views
Edwin Way Teale, Wandering Through Winter: Winter is a time of superlative life. Frosty air sets our blood to racing. The nip of the wind quickens our step. Creatures abroad at this season of the year live intensely, stimulated by cold, using all their powers, all their capacities, to survive. Gone is the languor of August … Continue reading Winter was always winter
It's fall outside, of orange and red.