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This post originally appeared at Red Kite Prayer in 2016. We're reposting now, because we talked about it on The Paceline this week, and because the geometry nerds among you…

I have arrived, my friends, in the cold, dark, pit of the season. I am writing this in the full glow of a lamp meant to blast vitamin D into my resting bitch face. I'm…

I’ve written a screenplay called My Sister is a Reptilian Shape-Shifter and a young adult novel where the prodigy young female protagonist can see the world through the eyes…

Throughout this series, I’ll attempt to keep my opinions to myself, but please quote me as saying “A bicycle fit (or fitting) by a competent fitter is the best value in…

We've added Team Amani to our video feed before, because they're cool people doing cool things in a cool place. But the Migration Race, which rambles through conserved areas…

As I understand it, the rabbit is already in the hat, but I'm not clear on how it gets there. As far as I know, it's magic that puts the rabbit there in the first place and…

Ah, a New Year! Time to reflect and tell old stories. I’ve been a storyteller for as long as I can remember. When I started to write for the local newspaper and eventually…

I don't know how I'm just seeing this in 2022, since it came out 2 years ago. Obviously, the algorithm is falling down on the job, because if it were in good working order it…

In his 1873 work Une Saison en Enfer (A Season in Hell), Arthur Rimbaud wrote "One must be absolutely modern." Rimbaud was one of those guys, restless, dissatisfied, usually…

Despite the dampness, dark and cold, I moved into the basement bedroom in search of privacy and the sense of independence as soon as my older brother headed west to Lake…