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More from Downstream From Trout Fishing in America by Keith Abbott
The wish to assume control over history, and his sadness over the attempts to get things right, recalls a Zen phrase for this process, jushaku shoshaku . This can be translated, “wave after wave of error.” In this phrase, error can also be understood as […]

I have problems reading fiction that I just don’t have with non-fiction or poetry.
I get bored. The narrative structure becomes confining. I rebel against the linearity.
Not to say other works aren’t linear. But something about the expected compliance with fiction’s linearity makes me itchy.
Poems are usually short enough and have other charms that I’m willing […]

Some of you may have noticed my blog’s tagline:
observe … reflect … transform
If not, well, I’m going to talk about it here. Xini was musing on the tagline recently and asked me to explain it. I commented on his blog that I had deliberately chosen words with many meanings. I’m still a poet and […]

My previous post generated a question about the difference between technical writing in a Sensing style compared to using an iNtuiting style.
Writing done in a Sensing style uses more concrete examples, details, step-by-step sequences. Sensing is a more immediate time-frame, more “here and now,” or looks backward. Grammatically, more present and past tense.
Writing done in […]

My friend is very tall.
I wanted people to understand what it’s like to be beside him.
Somehow, I’m not sure this says it adequately.
No–he’s not a tree.

The structure of the site is complete. I made some final adjustments–fixed the spell check, fixed the CSS–and now he’s got content to write.
Lots of content.
If he’s listening….
I’ve started commenting on what his posts. This is hard–it’s easier to just email or talk about it. The rich discussions we have away from the […]

Today we discussed topics. For hours. The more we talked, the more ideas we generated. Old ideas get rehashed and re-formed. Old dreams get revived. We’re getting a direction in mind.
He wondered would I be willing to keep editing his stuff and working on his site. I told him not to worry about that. […]

I’ve been reading about blogs for the last several months. I’ve been keeping one for a while–well, several–and I get itchy if I don’t touch it on a regular basis. That’s reason enough to be interested in the topic of blogs.
I thought I’d share a couple unrelated tidbits that have been buzzing around my head […]