Happy Nowruz
Happy Nowruz. Here’s the neighborhood pomegranate tree.
Being right and wrong about Iraq
I thought the Iraq war would be a catastrophe before it started (and wrote that at the time). Instead of feeling correct though, I mostly feel terribly. First, because there’s no pleasure in witnessing catastrophe. I’m a patriotic citizen of…
Some personal news
Frozen custard has long been a passion of mine — a passion I’m thrilled to soon share with Atlanta.
“That sounds amazing!”
Get yourself a friend who loves what you do you as much as Zane Lowe loves everything every person he interviews does.
The Warmth of the Sun
Look down at the pollen swirls
I love the patterns of yellow pollen after a rain storm. It’s often like a satellite image of rock formations. Pollen’s beauty, its role in creating the global food supply and the viability of life on earth almost make up…
Child and dog in the backseat
Relieving my excess liquidity
12 years ago I visited Kenya for CARE to learn about how its community savings programs were going digital. The groups save money together and make loans to members of the group to buy things like seeds, tools, or to…
Happy Valentine’s Day
Thank you, Burt Bacharach
From the finest living interpreter of the songs of Burt Bacharach and Hal David, this is Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head in a medley with Five Little Monkeys. Thank you Burt Bacharach and Hal David for more songs and…