https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futuro Man, how did I not know about futuro houses. Little round prefab houses. I want one. ...

Early in the summer, before the wave of reopenings and the new activities of summer, I'd regularly marvel at how much time had passed since March. In lockdown, May felt like warmer-march. It doesn't feel like March anymore (thank god), but things don't feel "normal" either. Today I've been thinking about the little time-marking habits I lost with lockdown. I used to keep a journal - a written one. I'd keep it in my bag and carry it with me everywhere. I'd pull it out on the street or in the s...

John Lewis passed away this weekend. In all the memorials I've seen and heard broadcast, none have mentioned his recent graphic novel series, March. I haven't read the series myself, but I've browsed the books and they've been on my to-read list for some time. I'm not a huge fan of nonfiction graphic novels (curiously, since they do seem to be popular), but I am intrigued by Lewis' choice to create a comics memoir. ...

Between pandemic and political collapse, there's been space for at least one thing to burgeon: my inability to sit still. Or focus. Or breath out slowly and relax. These are anxious times even for a man anxious in the best of times. Fear, worry and despair have all shown up for dinner and don't know what to say to each other. How awkward. I think of a few other typical/suitable images: a taut chord vibrating under strain, an inability to pull ones' head above the surface of the water, being u...

Struggling lately (and by lately, I'm old enough to mean something on the order of years) with the motivation to work. Work by its typical definition, the paid, daily toil you do for an employer or client, has always been a bit fraught. But "work" can also mean "oeuvre", "raison d'etre", and I'm sure other words given philsophical weight by virtue of being French. I've been struggling with work in all those senses. It's not just that work politics suck, that capitalism is meaningless, or that ...