Notes from the saddle, the kitchen, and Bozeman.
Trip reports and Bozeman politics.
Written Identity
The English language affords three primary ways of claiming identity: I ______ (verb). E.g. I swim. I am ______ (adjective). E.g. I am tall. I am a/the ______ (noun). E.g. I am a swimmer. In written English, one establishes and…
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Imagine that, in life, one paints oneself (or one’s life, rather) upon a canvas. One paints legs of adolescense. A torso of family and…
et två tre fyra
Ordnign och reda, which I’ll translate as “order and synonym-for-order”, is an important concept in Sweden. And, indeed, I find the country remarkably orderly.…
Open letter to Sen. John McCain
I’m not in the habit of writing letters to my elected representatives–if only because I generally prefer watching movies or climbing mountains to writing…
Start Shouting
At a stoplight yesterday I pulled up behind a car with an “Ouck Fbama” bumper sticker, and I just about lost my shit. There…