One of my favorite English musicians is Jon Boden, who creates modern versions of classic folk songs with John Spiers as “Spiers & Boden“, with a large group of musicians as “Bellowhead“, and also releases solo works. I was driving home last night as the sun was going down, and his song “We Do What […]
This post is part of my Small Devotions series—small moments and small actions that are touchpoints throughout my day, which arose gradually and without a lot of planning or intent on my part, and which serve as reminders to stop and take a minute to get out of my head and restore some perspective to […]
I was able to book an appointment for the Johnson & Johnson “one-and-done” vaccine for today, to my delight and surprise. My first attempt to make an appointment on April 1, when I and 5,499,999 of my California neighbors all became eligible on the same day, was less than unsuccessful. However, a neighbor let me […]
In case you’re looking to expand your divination repertoire, or just expand your vocabulary, our friends at Merriam-Webster present “30 Ways to Tell the Future“! Aleuromancy, Ceromancy, Psephomancy, . . . . [Image description: The word “Xylomancy”, and a photo of assorted twigs and sticks.]
If you need motivation to do something today—do it to make your ancestors proud. [Image description: A photo of a Black man wearing a hoodie which reads “Busy Making My Ancestors Proud”.] (I can’t find a credit for this image—if you know who this person is, or who the photographer is, please let me know […]
