The Very Idea (Daily Planet email #1094)Here’s how an idea comes to you: you stick your arms out like a scarecrow and tiny birds land on your sleeves while flying monkeys pull…2d ago2d ago
Abilene (Daily Planet email #1093)“Abilene, Abilene — prettiest town I’ve ever seen. Women there don’t treat you mean, in Abilene.”Mar 27Mar 27
The Moment Journey in the Books (Daily Planet email #1092)Like the old saying goes, “It’s better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.” Since I am no longer light, that means sometimes I am…Mar 20Mar 20
Around the World in Eighty Ways #1 (Daily Planet email #1091)The state of Arizona doesn’t use Daylight Savings Time, but the Navajo Nation does. Meanwhile, the enclave Hopi Nation (entirely surrounded…Mar 14Mar 14
Train Horn (Daily Planet email #1090)At night they sit on the stump in the side yard, listening to the train horn.Mar 6Mar 6
The out-of-focus horse (Daily Planet email #1089)At the risk of appearing vague, it is time to write about the out-of-focus horse. The out-of-focus horse is usually seen in the foreground…Feb 27Feb 27
Wont (Daily Planet email #1088)We go out back to see the mad haps, to feel winter’s ecstatic staccato twinkling, to listen to and interpret the shushing and fixed…Feb 20Feb 20
Old Growth (Daily Planet email #1087)In the cool morning of a horse pasture and behind sluggish striations of mist you’ll find a small wooden shack. You walk with your eyes to…Feb 13Feb 13
Such a Big Game (Daily Planet email #1086)There’s a Big Game a’coming. It’s a’barreling, looming, eclipsing, why, it’s so big it will come to you! A Big Game of 38 innings, twelve…Feb 6Feb 6
Relative Position (Daily Planet email #1085)The sunset is at 5:04 tonight. Go ahead and watch it, it’s free, there’s no login necessary, no pop-ups. The trees have dropped their…Jan 30Jan 30
