I tried to post this yesterday, but we lost power again. Now there is a boil water warning. The moment-by-moment problem solving has been exhausting, but there have also been moments of beauty. We have power for the moment, but it won’t last. I better post this now.

Some excellent tips on archery: https://youtu.be/Y-RnSsP3ix8

Today I put some work into Eliezane’s reel-to-reel. She dug it out of storage. It was her father’s, whom I never had the pleasure of meeting. He loved music, sports, and scotch, and he was a freelance writer who sometimes worked for the military. He has many recordings, most of which seem to be old…

Writing a poem, which is normally conceived of as a vehicle for beauty, in order to create something ugly is a challenge. This is what I have so far. The style is difficult. I tried to use an urban voice (Boston), but it’s a written document. The spelling should be in SWE, but I wanted…

This poem took me to new heights of frustration. It’s a narrative poem, which means that it’s necessary to convey everyday details in sequence. That’s how the poem began, and it lacked the images and lyrical potential of the impression I wished to create. So today I returned to the typewriter, hammering out the last…