what does an average middleclass person in the developed world have to really fight for? stand up for? do capital-S Something about? plenty ...

at a certain time of day, the shadows that fall from the southeasterly sunrise across the somewhat-elevated sidewalk behind our house line u...

the many instantiations of various spinning and weaving arts and crafts consume me. there remains no time for blogging. these are little t...

over the past few months I've been devouring audiobooks on the weekends. I basically listened to Stardust in one long stretch on a Sunda...

thinking about my grandmother lately, off and on, I sometimes puzzle over how close and also how distant she seems. her birthday is coming u...

almost six months ago, my attention was drawn to all the conflict in Palestine more than it ever had been before. a house down the road from...

eleven years ago, back at the very beginning of my academic career, I trekked 6 hours west from Lubbock, Texas, in my very old leper of a ca...

the final round : Dungeons & Dragons (5e) vs The One Ring (2e)   in the beginning, along with a lot of scribbly scattered notes and spr...

quarterfinals match 4: The One Ring vs A Song of Ice and Fire as much as the authors behind these two worlds may match each other for ambit...

opening match 2: Dungeons & Dragons 5e vs Werewolf: the Forsaken I had thought to write up Pathfinder 2e vs Mage: the Awakening as matc...

one of my many indulgences this summer was the game Horizon: Forbidden West . I loved the first Horizon game when I played and replayed it s...

as promised, I have written up and organized many, many, many photos for a full stand-alone page chronicling my adventures (so far) with thi...

in December, as part of my end-of-semester/birthday/holiday celebrations, I picked up a simple drop spindle and two 4-ounce packets of Kraem...