I have “meditated” and failed at meditation and actually meditated or done something like it, in fits and starts, for many years. I haven’t ever been “good” at it. My mind is too easily prone to distraction. But I feel like I’ve been doing something calming and productive, something that generally makes me feel better and […]
Category: Life
“NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER rent to her”: The found art of negative Airbnb reviews
We needed to flee when Hurricane Florence landed on our home town of Wilmington, NC, last month, and came upon this unhappy but perfect exchange in our searches—a dismissive Airbnb review of a cottage on farmland near Odessa, FL, a sharp reply from the host, and then an assertive personal review about the renter herself […]
Turnip
I put some new word art on my car. ‘Yakima’ had worn off the fairing. Wanted a word that wasn’t being used for something else, didn’t suggest anything subsidized or lifestyle-y or extreme or exhortative.