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When Looking Back…

Dec 31, 2004 | Chronicles

Is Actually Looking Forward Any excuse is a good excuse to set a milestone here and there on the road. In a world where it’s easy to confuse well-being with monotony, every mark you can leave that fixes a moment in time is worth making. About two years ago, I wrote «...

Running on Empty

Dec 22, 2004 | Chronicles

Or When No News is… Just No News Ever have that feeling that you might not make it to the next gas station? It seems like my engine has stuttered to a halt, but I’m at the top of a long slope, like those ones you get in the Southwest USA, where the road seems to drop...

Bruges and Back Again

Dec 8, 2004 | Chronicles

Or a Long Story Short… Just back from Bruges. Hardly an abandoned city, even in December it is crammed to overflowing with tourists. The most fun was going through the city with The Abandoned City in hand, trying to figure out where everything was again. If Copenhagen...

Word for Word

Dec 1, 2004 | Chronicles

Or When Margin is Horizon by Another Name… Never one to miss an opportunity to let someone else write the newsletter… this time Viggo Mortensen is doing it for me. Following is the original preface from the new book, reproduced with his permission. In the Margins With...