Perfect Days
In an ode to Wim Wenders, this morning I woke, checking myself in as safe and relatively healthy.
the distance between dates
essays, conversations, and field notes on time, witness, and attention
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The Train I Missed On Purpose
I took the train to Ventura for a meeting.
What Sticks
For the last three days, I have written about Inner Space, Outer Space, and What Is Cast Off.
What Is Cast Off
The Compost Guy
Outer Space
There are ten structures here, more or less, shacks and sheds and small buildings on less than an acre in the middle of town.
Inner Space
Inner Space
Slower
The cardinal is the state bird of Ohio.
The Untraceable
Edward Lorenz did not set out to write a parable.
The Portal
On my way home tonight I stopped.
Outside the Timetable
She sits on the bench nearest the public bathrooms, and she is there every day.
Paul Fusco's Chernobyl Legacy
CNN started their series on the Chernobyl disaster.
The Back of America
Part One of Four
Who Will We Be
The sourdough was still warm.
Consecrated
There is a photograph Marcela Taboada made inside the Discalced Carmelite convent in Puebla, Mexico.
The Seed the Swallow Carried
The Carpinteria salt marsh sits at the edge of the Pacific, a remnant of what this coastline once was, full of cordgrass and pickleweed, tidal channels cutting through mud flats, the air dense with salt and the particular smell of things decomposing into fertility.
The Storm’s Own Logic
Paul John Dear wrote this, in response to yesterday’s piece on flow:
Flow
I have been photographing pelicans for years, and I have learned one thing the fast shutter cannot teach: a pelican in flow is barely distinguishable from the wave it rides.
Where I Stand
The sand was wet from the tide and the sun was low enough that its reflection ran straight toward me across the beach, a second light on the water-darkened ground.
Sitting Dumb at Their Desks
In August of 1844, Ralph Waldo Emerson stood in the Concord, Massachusetts courthouse and said what the legislators would not.
Through a Small Opening
There is a difference between darkness and obscurity.