reflections on my first national day of unplugging

march 3-4 was the 2017 national day of unplugging (ndu). i think i learned about the ndu through timewellspent. i put it on my calendar back in january, realized it was the day of the urban ag conference, and figured i’d do it anyways. i decided to do it sundown (536p friday) to sundown (538p saturday). here’s what came up for me:

Read more...

maya angelou on the city soul and the country soul

a few days ago i learned about maya angelou’s theory about people having a country soul or a city soul):

Read more...

the repulsive reality of expensive spirituality

another insight spurred by last sunday’s conversation with my buddy ambroise is in the lane of money and spirituality.

Read more...

random train encounter: m

tbh, i’m not totally sure why i’m writing about this, but here goes anyways.

Read more...

on college drinking culture: alcoholism, toxic masculinity, sexual repression, homoeroticism, numbing, and more!

every 2-3 weeks(ish) i talk on the phone with my friend ambroise. over the past four or five years he’s become one of my closest friends, for sure. he lives in paris and even though the time difference could keep us from talking, we make it work. we have such good conversations and it’s just a really nice thing.

Read more...