prematurely grey

My friends Sarah Pelmas and John Perry are going to be on the Today Show tomorrow morning. They’ve been flown to New York with their respective partners (Matt and Rob) and best friend Kate to discuss their nascent anti-consumerist movement called The Compact. In a nutshell, they all agreed to not buy anything new for [...]

I’m back at my two favorite habits—obsessing and procrastinating—and must get around to actually writing the letter to the New York Times about Michael Pollan’s article this past Sunday. Basically, he wrote TranspantNation, the grown up version, about the pain/difficulty/interest of moving from one place to another. Of course, part of me wants [...]

Sitting down to write is never easy. But when the decision to sit in front of a computer means that the old fashioned begonias bought last week still won’t be potted before it’s time to run out and begin the out-of-the-house part of the day, it feels almost criminal. Clearly, it’s negligent.
Is all [...]