Before I forget
Nov 11, 2023
philosophy & wellbeing
My memory has a guardian angel. Meet Susan.
Meditation as civil resistance
Aug 15, 2023
philosophy & politics & post-secular & wellbeing
We are at war with Modernity. Begin by defending your connection to your inner self.
Crispbread economics
May 16, 2021
food & wellbeing
Swedes know things. About economics.
Days are of two kinds
May 6, 2021
wellbeing
Days are of two kinds, alike and not
Trollope
May 3, 2021
arts & wellbeing
Some people grasp early in life that the world is not divided into saints and monsters. For the rest of us, there is Trollope. I wish I had read him earlier.
Rediscovering our animal nature
Apr 17, 2021
politics & wellbeing
The trouble started after Eden. We began seeing ourselves as separate from the natural world. Destined for an afterlife. We need to accept our mortality.
Among the many things Billy Pilgrim could not change were the past, the present, and the future.
Apr 14, 2021
wellbeing
— Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse Five
Hydrogen peroxide
Jul 5, 2009
wellbeing
In dilution, hydrogen peroxide is an effective and inexpensive disinfectant – and seems to stimulate healing.
Waking up to the importance of sleep
Apr 14, 2009
wellbeing
A startling scientific paper reported alarming cognitive damage from repeatedly getting a little less than a full night’s sleep. I stopped setting my alarm clock.
Cultural differences
Jul 15, 2007
cycling & journal & wellbeing
If the English ever come to think it normal for work to be a joy, to spend one’s life working on matters one cares about, we shall have a second English Revolution at least as profound as the 17th century’s.
Broken and reassembled every day
Jun 25, 2007
arts & politics & wellbeing
They have had their moment of freedom.
Career watch
May 23, 2007
politics & wellbeing
What will we not do for money and status?