Walking composition “All of us have to learn how to invent our lives, make them up, imagine them. We need to be taught these skills; we need guides to show us how. If we don’t,… Read more

Walking composition “I want a godas my accomplice . . . a godwho longsfrom jailfor a changein the orderof things” —from “Prayer/Oracion,” Francisco X. Alarcón I don’t think I have ever been so behind in… Read more

Wandering composition “The idea of individual, exclusive ownership, not just of what can be carried or occupied, but of the immovable, near-eternal earth, has proved to be the most destructive and creative cultural force in… Read more

Essay I’ve been thinking a lot about the word but recently. The weight it carries, and the depth of what it erases. “I’m sorry I lost my temper with you, but I’ve had a long… Read more

Walking composition “Who would censor kids just learning to be servants of empire?” —A Memory Called Empire, Arkady Martine Over the past couple of weeks I’ve probably read the phrase “students listen respectfully to others”… Read more

Walking composition “When it comes to creating deep and lasting social and ecological behaviour change, the most effective approach is precisely to connect with people’s values and identity, not with their pockets and budget.” —Doughnut… Read more

Walking composition “Her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.” —The Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir I wanted to write a thing about dirt. I finally got fully… Read more

(Trust: necessary, but not sufficient) There’s this scene at the end of The Sound of Music* that I think about a lot, especially over the last several years. The von Trapp family, on the verge… Read more

Walking composition “Every one of us is an experiment, and we don’t even know what the experiment is testing.” —Bewilderment, Richard Powers There’s a word I’ve been wondering about. In the mornings before the sun… Read more

(I still don’t know, but am learning anyway) I have a lot of opinions about education, most of them developed over a twenty-plus-year career as a freelance copy editor for K-12 textbook publishers. That career… Read more