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Delicate work is brutal, a paradox eventually forgotten as the craftsman polishes his technique. As he polishes his technique he cultivates his patience. This is how he learns the effort of restraint, and learns again that...

our wonderful household is wonderful in our wonderful house: two cats, a rabbit still living and thriving indoors only. A legion of expired pets are buried or somehow inaccessibly disposed within property lines of our sweet...

Use them consistently. It makes your writing more betterer. Consistency comes in as many flavors as different spellings for the same word and all variations of correctly punctuating the same sentence. Rules is rules. Adhering to...

Birth. Our nephew's daughter entered Earth's atmosphere in the vicinity of San Antonio. Hardly a moment later photos came as email attachments, precious new yet-to-be-swaddled human, her waxy white and vernix coat softening the...

our architect firm pitched the idea of mounting a rotating head atop SCC HQ, proportionate to the size of the building so as to be "life-size." Now this is the kind of...

we know emperor penguins mate for a season, spawn, repeat with another partner next time around and never look back at what was with whom it was because, because, because of the singular focus at hand as both arch and bow as one...

I got in trouble for the first time when I lied about getting on the Dean's List. The job, that job, the one I had, almost had at that time and indeed would have in a very short time and for a very short time, seemed so...

Yes, yes. This is only another idea, and idea in itself about ideas. What's the big idea? What is a big idea? What's so big about a big idea that offers little or nothing in return. I carry around a notebook and pen. Sometimes I...

This is truly a question that I am frequently asked. ((I've answered this before in two mini-essays, the second after the first was destroyed. This is the third attempt. Here's hoping.)) This is a question to which I would like...

Okay. Seriously, I don't know what you think I do all days long here atop this this ivory tower made of ACME Brick, pressure-treated wood, gypsum and other stuff. These are cramped quarters with little or no redeeming qualities...