New Look!

So I heard from a few people that the old color scheme was difficult to read. Let me know how this works for you (or at least, let me know if it doesn’t work for you and I’ll see what I can do).

– Jonathan

“Shiva”

Recently, I reread this piece I wrote in high school, the year 2000, five years after my mother’s death. It had been sitting on my computer’s desktop, but unread. Like my memories, I revisited this reflection on my grief intensely for a period before leaving it for a while, overlooking it even though it was […]

On Being Shy

Now that I’ve written this, it kind of looks like navel gazing, or what Becca would call a “pity party.” While you’re all invited, it is hard to imagine it is the kind of party that many people will want to come to. On the other hand, it is my party, and I can cry if… Sorry. That wasn’t very original, but I enjoyed it anyway. […]

“Dance wif me?”

At last, here it is.
Weddings. Friends. Vermont. Dancing. Now,
on Schopenhauer. […]

Preview

A subbing-related interview with the director of Oregon Episcopal’s middle school, giving a Classroom Law Project court tour, three straight days of subbing — HUZZAH!, and job applications to fill out) are preventing me from writing about our recent visit to Vermont […]