Archive - The Thread

Top Five Reasons to Party Like It's the 90s!

17 hrs ago •

June 2024

There are many ways to make a man disappear.

Jun 26 •

May 2024

A dose of Rilke, and other spring news

Rainer Maria Rilke’s poem “The Buddha in the Glory” ends with this brilliant line: “And yet, already in you is begun / something which longer than the…

May 8 •

April 2024

Yet another eclipse poem

YET ANOTHER ECLIPSE POEM The moon is just the latest thing getting in the way of what I need to do today.

Apr 10 •

The Practice & the Monkey Mind

Power Yoga with Baron Baptiste 3-Disc DVD Set “Make yourself a light,” says the Buddha, but in my yoga video Baron Baptiste guides me into upward-facing…

Apr 3 •

March 2024

In Praise of Confluence

Good morning, and happy March!

Mar 6 •

January 2024

In Praise of Keeping Time

It’s impossible to be a sundial, at least most mornings.

Jan 31 •

December 2023

Winding down the year, changing up The Thread, and a story called Fred

Dec 29, 2023 •

Party Like It's 1998

I’ll have more to say soon about Advent, attention, and my lil’ Taylor Swift experiment.

Dec 13, 2023 •

Art and Attention in the Taylor Swift Eras Era

Dec 6, 2023 •

November 2023

Advent, Art, & Attention - Part 1

Advent is a season in the Christian church’s liturgical year that in many ways complicates our consumerist culture’s approach to the holiday season…

Nov 29, 2023 •

Thresholds . . . with a link that works!

Nov 27, 2023 •

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