A list: what makes Scottsdale unlike anywhere else I’ve lived: Nobody cleans their own house. Or mows their own lawn Nobody changes their own oil–much less does their own auto repair There’s a dry cleaners in every shopping complex There are no local businesses. Only chains. Restaurants being the sole exception There are no good […]
This election is going to be a hard one for me. I have no freaking clue who to vote for–such is the tumult of political views at the moment. I take that back. I have SOME clue. For example: voting against Jan Brewer (any EVERY other politician soiled by HB1070) is a no-brainer. But what […]
Is Jubelale a celebration of Hoptober? Or, is Hoptober just the perfect season for Jubelale? At long last, it’s fall. That is, at long last it feels like summer. Warm days, cool nights. The mornings aren’t crisp yet, but soon. Soon. Busted out a blanket last night (with the window wide open). And, god–what a […]
I once read a parable given by The Buddha, which went something like this: To carpet the entire forest floor and make it soft for the foot is a great task. How much better to rendered the forest soft by the simple making and fastening of sandals to your feet! So too with the world: […]
A roommate in college (Bovard) would often complete his entire morning routine with toothbrush in mouth, wearing just his bath towel. Sometimes the internet (or other shiny distractions) would intervene–and I don’t doubt if some mornings Bovard brushed his teeth (or, at least had a toothbrush in his mouth) for better than an hour. Of […]