being not doing

After many delays, I finally updated the version of WordPress I’m using to one that supports tags. In an effort to blend in more (hah!) I’ve been going back and finessing old entries to have fewer categories and more tags. In the meantime, things may look a little odd, for which I apologize. Once the [...]

I’ve updated my lifelist to reflect the sightings of the past month or so. I still need to find usable photos (e.g. those in the public domain or licensed for non-commercial use) and enter a bunch of latin names, but the list of birds itself is now complete. Through doing this update I’ve realized that [...]

This past week has been a full one: I’ve added a half dozen new birds to my lifelist, sighted in or near my town! Over the past few days I’ve spotted a Lousiana Waterthrush, Yellow-crowned Night Heron, and Yellow-rumped Warbler, in Wells Run, the creek that runs through University Park. A few weeks ago I [...]

Welcome, new year! I have quite a few big intentions for 2007. They mostly involve creating daily habits: daily walking, daily zazen, daily yoga, daily vitamins, daily reading, daily writing. I could add ‘daily drinking coffee’ and ‘daily watching the birds out my back window,’ but those are habits I already have pretty well established. [...]

Welcome to being not doing. Beginning in January, this website will chronicle my journey through 2007, as I endeavor to remain creatively active and job-free for as long as possible. Between now and December 31st, my creative energies will be directed toward the site, although this page won’t change much before the new year. I [...]