A dark-haired man entered the store and began to set up. I recognized him instantly (also, his face was on the back of the book in my hand.) My heart shot rays of adoration across the room, and at some point my feet followed: I shuffled forward, and placed a stack of books on ...
Drawing the actual spiral is actually very simple- I wanted an Archimedes spiral, where the distance between the coils doesn’t change as the spiral gets larger and larger. That’s a simple formula in polar coordinates, and converting polar to cartesian is no big deal. The tricky part, it ...
No. Grief crowds the heart, eats up all your energy and chronically imposes upon your peace. But grief isn’t some evil force that’s only there to cause pain, grief is escorting up an even deeper feeling, a truth about your life, what you value and what you need. Perhaps how much ...
The orator bustled up to him, and drawing him partly aside, inquired, “On which side he voted?” Rip stared in vacant stupidity. Another short but busy little fellow pulled him by the arm, and rising on tiptoe, inquired in his ear, “Whether he was Federal or Democrat?” Rip was ...
–Drawing a picture. –Painting a picture. –Photography (check out my photos from Freak Alley in Boise, Idaho if you have time: Freak Alley.) –Writing a story. –Catching up with a friend that lives near you over a bowl of steaming Vietnamese pho. –Hugging others fully, with two ...