CJ Chilvers and I emailed back and forth briefly. I have been reading CJ’s newsletter for many years. I find newsletters to be an engaging medium, partly because the subscriber has made a tacit choice in subscribing, and partly because the writer knows their’s audience’s intention and wants to make it count. CJ send me a link to Mike C...

This is a tough newsletter to write. My goal with this newsletter was to write regularly about what I have read or written lately. It was a gentle push to tally up the effort I was putting towards growing and expanding my world-view. Unfortunately the high-brow world-view stuff has taken a back seat. My focus has shifted — using a came...

Rhythm and cadence have occupied my mind this month. I am trying to pay attention to the rhythm in various things such as literature, how I do creative work, and how I like to take breaks. By paying attention to the natural rhythms I am trying to build a new rhythm of sorts. Rational thinking, which dominates my brain, wants to set the...