Plants, in general
The frisbee veers into the brush. Lua and I walk over. As we crouch over the planter box I look down and notice green protruding jaws cup two tablespoons of water. As I inch closer, I notice white spots, patterns …
Month: December 2020
Sublime moments
Today I reviewed my year. I stared at the sheet of paper - a ledger weighing the good and the bad. As I stared at the page, a question: how many sublime moments did I have? So I added a …
partially done
Open loops are a recipe for frustration. But it's worse to gloss over them. That compounds the issue.
I pass over a graveyard. If I had to guess I would say the overwhelming majority of bones beneath the stones had …
Notes on quality
We often think of quality as embedded within a product. Does the product have the capabilities and craftsmanship I would expect? Is it well built? Does it function well? Those all matter, of course. But quality is as much in …
When to show your work?
Holding onto work too long leads to stagnation, like part of a river branch flowing into a dead end swamp.
A good outcome for showing work is either some fundamental flaw is exposed or tweaks suggested to optimize it. Either …
Sublime moments
Today I reviewed my year. I stared at the sheet of paper - a ledger weighing the good and the bad. As I stared at the page, a question: how many sublime moments did I have?
So I added a …
Seeing without judgment
I engage with the present moment - in this case, staring at my daughters face. And there’s no background noise - remarkable. I’m calm, just…being. It’s peace. Not by addition, rather by subtraction! The removal of cruff leaves the desired …