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Sheetrock, meet ceiling. The ascension enabled by the lift, a rental machine that cradles the panel, then raises it by means of hand cranking that large wheel. Adjustable, ingenious, squeaky. Covering up the textured...

Little English bulldog at the Wood Den where we picked up our sandblasted railings. Little boy desperate to pet her, but mom is full of caution. Boy prevails – soon he and bulldog are...

Melting away quickly, the ice lingam stands along the trail to Lake Awosting. Smooth and sculpted next to the rugged wall bordering the trail. Rock and ice formations in the Shawangunks, refreshing to the...

One of the first warm spring days. A pleasure to walk outdoors, sun warm on back and head air cool on arms and face. Torture to sit at my desk in my cubicle, not...

The drive to overcomplicate things. The drive to prevent a solution by citing complexity. Holding on to the complexity for fear of a solution? A disciplined way to tackle a complex problem, seeking a...

Complex knot of expectations, avoidances, seeking, and dismissals. Since childhood, I’ve been averse to “phases,” want to exist outside of these traditional expectations. Yet the time is right for this for me, the time...

Took a side trail on my circumambulation of Steichen’s Pond today – the Stuart Chase Long View Trail – not all way – started to not know where I was and backtracked – but...