This post is also shared on Archive Of Our Own ( Link here; you'll have to click an "agree" button to view ) where I sometimes...

Maybe this is a little blogger-referential for some of you... but at least it's short. A version of this poem is now my comment policy...

I just went to the Seoul Museum of Art, and saw Vincent Van Gogh. This guy... you know the difference between looking at pictures of your f...

According to legend (or, according to the introduction), Lao Tsu lived in the sixth century BC. An old scholar, he was fleeing his country,...

A good counsellor, a good listener, and a good conversationalist will allow a person to set the terms of the conversation, rather than guidi...

You can see it in its original form here. Wandering Around an Albuquerque Airport Terminal by Naomi Shihab Nye After learning my flight was ...

Hi everyone. Well, a few things. Two of my coworkers finished their contracts this last week: Jared and James were nice guys, but now they...

Well, it's been a sticky patch, and as I once said before, I don't like writing update e-mails when I'm feeling sticky. (Just w...