Thought Stream, Friday, 9:43am

The inclination to capture, even imperfectly, the feeling of swinging on a porch swing while I write and how pleasurable and correct it feels to be writing while in motion.

Ambient Friendship

“I can feel closeness to you without actually having it.”

Good Weird Stuff

Four places to poke around when the sight of another bland-looking personal website or social network makes me want to launch my brain into low orbit.

Absentee

Having spent the past year being forced to mediate all my relationships through the internet or the telephone has left me hungry for connection in space in ways I can’t fully articulate.

Kicking Snakes

I sent a couple tweets into the aether yesterday after not putting anything out on Twitter for about a month. Maybe it was because I’d just worked out and endorphins were careening through my central nervous system and my blood sugar was about to crash, but when I hit the button and sent them off … Continue reading Kicking Snakes

The Half-Remembered Bakery

Finding slices of myself in the flaky pastry of the Old Web.

Two Rambles

Ramble #24 (January 7th, 2021): The 7th anniversary of my arrival on Patreon! Reflections on my first solo Christmas, good quotes about solitude, writing down nice things, thinking about early internet communities, trying out anonymous audio-based support groups, picking a word for the year, stuff about birds. There’s also a bonus recording attached to the … Continue reading Two Rambles