My recent stay with Marta’s family made me want to write about the times we’ve shared. And then events shook the story in another direction.
Read MorePlot Twist
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Postcards from Crete
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Take a visual journey through the beaches and towns of Western Crete and imagine how cool that turquoise sea feels on a scorching August day.
Read MoreA Summer Scene
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A glimpse of white linen and periwinkle silk on an al fresco summer date inspires me to wonder why I am moved so deeply by this sight.
Read MoreWhat Tea Leaves
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Drinking tea is a daily habit of mine and a constant source of pleasure. In this essay I take a part-poetic, part-analytical line of inquiry.
Read MoreJam Session
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Observations and practical tips about making jam using seasonal fruit, presented not as recipes but as a personal essay on the topic.
Read MoreMarta Konarzewska, Artist
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Tasked with documenting some extraordinary sketchbooks, I found myself inspired to write about the woman who created them.
Read MoreInterlude
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In this placeholder of a post I write absolutely nothing of any importance, yet I am inclined to think that this itself is quite telling.
Read MoreWorking for Applica
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Some projects wind up much more satisfying than expected. And some clients deserve the same praise they lavish on their writers.
Read MoreYear of Yes
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My celebration of this unusual year includes a dozen self-portraits I took today and some thoughts about the way 2020 was my time for change.
Read MoreIndependence
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To write what I want, about what I choose—this is independence. To photograph my city my way. To live on my own terms. Yes, in Warsaw.
Read MoreIt’s a Sign
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Two years ago, a giant army-adjacent neon hijacked my favorite skyline. In this post I show and tell just how that has turned out.
Read MoreArt of a Spare Part
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Even beautiful lamps often come with canopies that are an afterthought. Here’s a close look at one neat workaround for this problem.
Read MoreAnnenMayKantereit
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Come over and let me introduce you to some playful, blues-inflected German rock. Be ready for a surprising amount of softness and sophistication.
Read MoreBeing Strategic: Phase Zero
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Are you looking for a simple road map to help you clarify and implement your current business objectives? Maybe this can help.
Read MorePicking Up Guitar
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I may be less than one percent into those famous ten thousand hours of practice, but I am still well on my way to something extraordinary.
Read MoreNotetaking While Baking
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A cook’s notes to self have tremendous utility to the cook, but little more than voyeuristic value to everyone else. Want a peek?
Read MoreThis and That
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April elicits heavy memories while ushering in lighter days. (It turns out that three years into bereavement one is whole again.)
Read MoreVenturing Out
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As pandemic polemics drown out all other noise, everything becomes part of that chorus. Here are a few of my quiet observations.
Read MoreYin Finds Yang
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Some connections are especially meaningful precisely because they are not deliberate. Here’s one linking two paintings by Agnieszka Zawisza.
Read MoreOrigami Squared
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Discover modular origami, the precision craft that combines abstract paper folding with multi-unit assembly into stunning polyhedra.
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