Reading a bunch of books from the 19th century because this semester positions me as a teaching assistant, part of one’s contractual obligations when a PhD candidate, and I was […]

I wonder how the owner of the property know previously as Hugh’s Room feels since it is still for sale, the abandoned former performance space that hosted substantial mojo building […]

There is no end to the improvisation, born into it, die into it. Cinnamon sticks in the coffee grinder, better than buying powder, stays fluffy for many days after. My […]

The cashier at Nations was impressed with my groceries and asked if I knew the name of the seaweed. She told me her word for it but I can’t pronounce […]

I was asked to write a letter of recommendation for a student. Awkward situation because I didn’t think they were very accomplished. I asked the advice of other people who […]

Working on a song, wrote verses and a chorus. Need a bridge and it occurs to me that what I seek in a bridge is another angle. And then you […]

There’s a big tree in High Park, someone in the know says it’s two hundred years old. When you touch its magnificent fissures you’re confronted with a different distance between […]

i bought a neumann 87 many years ago and it’s been a workhorse, a very transparent perfect mic for all occasions but then you hear peter gabriel sings through a […]