I’m Reading “World Made by Hand”

“We have a tragic history of making tragic history, and then pretending it didn’t happen.” — James Howard Kunstler I’ve been reading Jim Kunstler’s World Made by Hand novels. For those who haven’t, they’re set in a not-too-distant future upstate New York after the total collapse of modern systems—peak oil,…

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The Distance That Makes Us Whole

Consciousness, Love, and the Long Work of Becoming “Distance is the soul of beauty.” —Simone Weil Sometimes an idea arrives with such force it breaks the schedule. This is one of them. Consider this unscheduled writing a sign of right-brain connectivity—a sudden opening in the year’s final days that also…

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