Over the past few years, I have been reading, and I have been reading quickly — with only one illness-imposed break last February when I had Influenza B and had such a rough time that I was wondering if I should check myself into the hospital because I couldn't breathe. (A coworker got the same … Continue reading The Perils of Reading Platonists, Like, Nonstop
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A Year Into Pandemic WFH
This past week, I received an email marking the one-year anniversary of the work from home order at my workplace. I remember the early days of the pandemic and how uncertain they felt — the concerns about supplies, the many people suddenly out of work, the massive confusion we all faced around mask-wearing — and … Continue reading A Year Into Pandemic WFH
Stillness, Tumult, and Links
On February 15, I drew the Greek Alphabet Oracle zeta (Ζ) for the week — flee the very great storm, lest you be disabled in some way. In previous years, I braced for something to happen because receiving this oracle (to recap: about what I needed to keep in mind to work towards aretē that … Continue reading Stillness, Tumult, and Links
I updated my About Me page.
I updated my About Me page, just as a quick FYI. Apart from that, here is a photograph of the tree that I often look at when meditating, adorned with still-falling snow.
My Personalized Version of the Prayer to All of the Gods I
Over the course of the past week or so, I have been using "Prayer to All of the Gods I" as my main shrine prayer, albeit with some modifications to incorporate a few other deities beyond the scope of the original prayer. It's a lot of libations, a lovely smattering of incense, and ... you … Continue reading My Personalized Version of the Prayer to All of the Gods I
Ink, Meditation, Change
On Thursday, I switched inks in my main TWSBI for the first time in years. While I flushed the barrel, watching the J. Herbin Poussière de Lune dissipate into the purified water, deceptively dark but absolutely transparent the first few times I pumped the pen, I thought through my superstitions about the switch to the … Continue reading Ink, Meditation, Change
Ending 2020 — Pangrammatike
I just posted a 2020 Year in Review to my writing blog, and you're welcome to check it out if you want to read about creative things that extend beyond the scope of this blog. Link below. 2020 was a year. I went into it with several creative goals, and this blog post will serve … Continue reading Ending 2020 — Pangrammatike
Three Things to Begin 2021
At 12:00 AM on Friday, January 1, 2021, my neighborhood erupted into a loud exorcism of 2020 — a rough, hated year — and a welcome of 2021 — the year that many have placed our hopes and aspirations into — while I was in bed trying to stay awake reading Proclus' Platonic Theology. First … Continue reading Three Things to Begin 2021
Wrapping Up 2020, Welcoming 2021
In 2020, this blog had 10,400 views and 3,636 visitors (some repeat visitors, some new, some click-and-leaves). The majority of readers reached the blog through search engines (Google, Baidu, DuckDuckGo, Bing), WordPress Reader, or Twitter, with other social media venues trailing a bit farther behind. The most viewed item overall was the homepage. Some reading … Continue reading Wrapping Up 2020, Welcoming 2021
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