Blog Post 51.
I’m feeling restless this morning. It’s raining.
let me explain
the weatherman
Blog Post 50.
March 14, 2021. Denver. Another Spring storm. Everyone is surprised, of course, because this only happens every single March in this state.
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december thirty one two thousand twenty
Blog Post 49.
Today is the last of a year that has been many things. Two thousand twenty is a year that will be spoken about in ways that 2011, 2007 and, oh I don’t know, 1995 simply will not be. There will likely be a whole chapter on it in history, sociology, and policy textbooks (at least for a few decades- then there will still likely be at least a section or two).
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on houseplants
Blog Post 48.
Kirk’s family was joking about his Grammy’s recent obsession with growing and propagating succulents in her home. A symptom of the COVID-19 pandemic, certainly. Like many elderly and at-risk folk, I, too, find myself confined to my apartment much more than I expected, and much more than I would like because I work a full-time job from home. Being of good health, and having already contracted and recuperated from the novel virus, I have the luxury of stepping outside at lower risk to myself and others- to run, to dine at local restaurants when it is deemed safe by the powers that be, to visit a select handful of friends and, now, to ski.
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i like outer space
Blog Post 47.
I have long been fascinated by outer space. This fascination has drawn me to investigate different facets of human interaction with outer space and with one another in relation to our activities in outer space. Something that makes sense to me is that this fascination has also led to a place wherein it has become entangled with my deep passion for justice.
to celebrate.
Blog Post 46.
This is a difficult piece to write. I think I speak for many people in my situation when I say that right now, there is much to celebrate but there is also much to do and it feels wrong to be spending energy on celebration. I’m going to write this as an update on my personal situation and a reflection on certain situations in the world.
checking in
Blog Post 45.
I won’t go for a run today. It is once again snowing in Denver. April 16th. I have been running a lot lately; so much so that I know I am starting to develop shinsplints in my right leg. Maybe this snow is a good thing. It’s forcing me to find other ways to fill my time for a day.
while the earth is tilted
Blog Post 44.
It has been some time since I last posted an update. That is not for lack of desire. My mind is like a pendulum and it swings from creative to analytical and lately it has fully been in a state of the latter. The pendulum has simply taken its time in returning to the former and, quite frankly, may just now be reaching that lowest point on its arch back to the creative side. To be mindful of physics, I will mention that this is the point at which the pendulum has the highest kinetic energy and is moving the fastest. Hopefully that bodes well for me at this tumultuous point in life.
on going home
Blog Post 43.
I’ve probably already written a blog post to this effect, but I went home (like, home home) last weekend so I’m going to write about it again.
on recent solipsistic proofs
Blog Post 42.
New growth of trees and bushes and flowers and weeds dampens into oblivion any sounds of human life as I walk between rows of homes in which lives are supposedly being lived.
Kulani Sol 