A work in progress on method and process. — A few years ago, I started putting together a newsletter to capture the essence of a collection of my work. It is a place for me to share my essays, photos, and paintings, each with varying emphasis on life, culture, art, and ecology. …

Sometimes I really can’t take the heat. — Today is the summer solstice. To honor this first day of summer, it was close to 100 degrees Fahrenheit along this 42nd parallel north. In other words, it was rather hot. I ran some errands earlier in the day to avoid the worst of it but it was already too…

Interdimensional existence via stringed instrument — I have this busted up Seagull guitar that I recently pulled out of storage. A coworker recommended I talk to a luthier they know, and somehow it felt right to bring it out again. It’s been quite a few years so I’m a little surprised the time has finally come…

After envisioning my newsletter as a quarterly publication some several years ago, I am hoping to return to this in the near future. As it is now, it appears to be on more of an annual timetable. That’s okay too. The latest edition is here, published March 30, 2022. What…

A bar industry perspective: part 1 — One of the notable aspects of working at a bar is the amount of glass we go through in a single day. Green, brown, red, clear — every kind out there. So each time I toss a glass bottle into one of the bins at the corner of the bar…

Yet a storm soon. — This quiet evening is a stage for the entrance of the full moon. To the west there is a storm soon to blow in. The meteorologists have issued weather warnings that indicate we might experience a derecho overnight. I can see the tree tops moving around more fluidly as I…

A short exploration on cultivating a unique existence. — I am at a place in life where I need to cultivate an entirely new social life for myself. …

Weaving a tapestry of the unexpected. — At night I tend bar. A few years ago, as I was staying with friends up on the Inwood Hill in Manhattan, I realized bartending was still something I wanted to do. The moment of clarity came as I was typing up my notes from a sustainability forum at the…

Enjoying the traveling act of migratory birds — The heyday of bird migration season is upon us. While World Migratory Bird Day is celebrated on the second Saturday in May every year, spring officially began in the Northern hemisphere more than two months ago on the meteorological (March 1) and astronomical (March 20) calendars — it is bird…