Archive - Notes from the Journey Westward

Near and Necessary

The snow started falling late last Friday, and kept falling as we slept.

Jan 20 •

August 2023

There's always work to be done. I hope your labors this season have been driven by whimsy, joy, and necessity.

Aug 23, 2023 •

March 2023

Been a long run of rainy days

Mar 26, 2023 •

Notes from the Journey Westward

This is Notes from the Journey Westward, where I keep track of the seasons and chart my own writing and make a few reading recommendations. Join me.

Mar 3, 2023 •

December 2021

Dreaming of Blossoms

Friends, Well, here we are, at the darkest turn of another hard season. Omicron, oil spills and tornadoes, the continued attack on democracy and…

Dec 21, 2021 •

January 2021

Light on the Far Horizon

Friends, Last March, walking the village of Canton, New York, where I was spending my sabbatical year as the Viebranz Visiting Professor of Creative…

Jan 11, 2021 •

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