I Categories Articles Literary March 27, 2024 In Praise Of: Confluence My question is no longer, How do I settle in this place? It has become, How do I inhabit this point of confluence?
I Categories Articles February 6, 2024 In Praise Of: Keeping Time It’s impossible to be a sundial, at least most mornings. Pocket devices buzz and ping. Alarms go off. The coffee maker beeps to say the pot is fresh and ready.
I Categories Articles Visual October 3, 2023 In Praise of Klee’s Head It’s been more than a decade now since the Paul Klee image I’m thinking of was on display at the Nelson-Atkins.
I Categories Articles July 24, 2023 In Praise of Okra’s Imperfections There is no such thing as perfect okra. You can forget about it. There is only okra as it appears in various stages.
I Categories Articles Literary Visual May 24, 2023 In Praise of Owls It wasn’t hovering. And looming isn’t the right word either. It wasn’t looming or hovering when I first saw it, when it first saw me.
I Categories Articles Literary Visual March 21, 2023 In Praise of Sweeping Something odd. Something off. Something particular, peculiar about the way the tailor sweeps the steps in front of the shop this morning.
A Categories Articles Literary September 5, 2017 A Year in the Life of an American Literary Genius Steve Paul's "Hemingway at Eighteen" includes a vivid account of the fledging author's formative time in KC.