A Soiled Spirit
bySo listen to them, heed them. Who never touch the Earth, can never be in Heaven. – Adam Mickiewicz I stood alone in the early…
Writing
The Homogenization of Nature
byWe humans like to think we are creatures superior to all other aspects of Nature. Other than beavers, we are the only creatures that…
Love in the Digital Age
bySpoiler Alert: The following article makes reference to some key themes and plot developments in the recent Oscar Nominated film, Her. If you have…
Radical
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Homecoming
byI’m thinking, now, about home. I just visited the small Ohio village where I spent my high school years, and despite all the friends…
Beauty, Destruction, Gore-Tex, and Coffee
byClasses are cancelled today due to lack of hustle. Also because an ice storm hit Central Jersey last night. Trees are down, roads are…
The Lake of Fire
byFor much of my childhood I avoided the book of Revelation. Its apocalyptic message, fraught with fire and death, frightened me. I could find…
Deus Intra Machina
byWhat a mediated life we live, behind these panes of glass. Ungalvanized voyeurs watching the world spin madly on, as if Still heeding the…
Pavement
byThe sun beats down on the black ground all around me; the acrid smell of hot asphalt fills my nostrils as I make my…
Winter’s Rise
byThe endless dark green ribbon glides by, ruffled gently by the occasional gust of winter as it rushes its way up the river under…