As many friends of the blog know, I have been flying weekly between Chicago and DC since June 2023 for work. This is only possible because Southwest is very affordable. For at least two months a year I pay under $100 round-trip, and I would have paid even less if I had known that Costco … [Read more…]
I have not told many people about this, but last year I attended a yoga nidra retreat at Esalen with John Vogler and Laura McKinzie with the support of Esalen’s scholarship fund. There are not many first person accounts online about trips to Esalen, much less about the scholarship experience, and so I am posting about … [Read more…]
I’ve written before about my interest in Unitarian Universalism. I was having some interpersonal issues at church that almost made me walk away from the congregation to avoid drama, but, decided to do a thing I sometimes do, where I put a question to the universe and try to listen for an answer. In this … [Read more…]
With great sadness, I’ve submitted my resignation at PGCMLS. I received several federal job offers simultaneously, and one cannot control the timing on these things, so, after closing out the fiscal year and annual report for 2015, I’m onto a new position at the US Access Board. First, though, Mr. M and I are going to … [Read more…]
Faithful readers, We are slowly getting our bearings in Rome. It helps that we are in a terrific location. I wanted to share with you all 2 bars in Rome’s Monti neighborhood, both on Via Zingari (rhymes with Hungary – the Romans seemingly have no phoenetic imagination – I had a great time today asking … [Read more…]
I’ve been feeling ambivalent about the Internet lately, and about the pressure I feel to maintain a presence on it. This post has been a long time coming because I feel like I have to acknowledge that this trip was rad because of the Internet, and I want to document how these tools enriched my … [Read more…]