Cheap Thrills

This is a fountain pen shaped like a shark. It costs less than four dollars.

A Truly Magnificent Thing

Interactive! Illustrated! Compendium! …OF ROCKS! This is one of those situations where the “About the Project” page contains just as many delightful surprises as the project itself. Just a treat from start to finish. (Reminiscent of An Ocean of Books, a project I blogged about back in November of 2020.)

Soup Brain

“to live among & within & through words or more vitally, caring attention—that’s the daily practice”

Annual Workbooks

I was so driven to write everything down in this breathless rush, as if writing could save me, but over the last few years I’ve moved away from that practice.

Welcome, baby.

Historically, there’s been an element of exhaustion or overstimulation in the work I make due to it being tied in so many respects to social media. The energy of being on Twitter or Instagram bleeds into everything from the pace of production to the pressure to reach more people. Even if I’m enjoying making the art, there’s this extra stuff that I don’t quite know what to do with.

But this book felt different.

listen, buddy,

Perfect gems from the Old Web.

NO GUILT, NO!

Luke added this illustrated addendum to the GOES Books site after hearing from some people that they felt guilty claiming a comic without also paying it forward. It’s so good. This project is so good.

Consider the Eagle

Unearthed this particularly fine birthday card (c. 2007) from my dad today.

Nesting and Turning

My working theory is that the silence and the sunshine and the singing are key materials of the nest I am always building, to hold whatever thoughts, feelings, rhythms, and ideas become my poems. Tara writes a monthly guest column on Nicole‘s blog. Every installment holds several gems, but her latest is particularly gemful. The … Continue reading Nesting and Turning

Antlers

There’s a list I began in a notebook a while ago that I thought would be short, but it turned out to be long. It’s full of people I know who’ve decided to move, or who’ve made the shift to building shared lives with their relatives, or who are able to support themselves in a … Continue reading Antlers