Opting Out of the Deferred Life Plan
— Which moves you: Drive or passion? —
Once upon a time, a young Apple Computer attorney named Randy Komisar negotiated
Technology vs. the Soul
At what point does being wired, linked up, zoned in, and always connected become a disservice to ourselves and the culture around us?
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Fixing a Broken Work Model
— Creativity on, CPU off —
Try as I might, I still spend too much time in front of the computer.
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The Lonely Novelist’s Five-Point Productivity Plan
— A few ideas for a fulfilling and productive new year —
I work entirely from home, and unless I make
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Three Candles for Soul Shelter’s Cake!
— For it’s a jolly good blog-oh … —
This month we ring in Year Number Three for Soul Shelter! Hard to
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Presenting … the Intravidual
– Faced with what we are becoming, it’s important to recall what we have been –
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and
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Accepting a Digitized World
— After which I embark on a Soul Shelter sabbatical —
Thanks to my twelve-year-old son’s craving for action flicks, in
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Six Ways to Stretch Time
“Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.” – Henry David Thoreau
Here in the Pacific Northwest the tree-leaves that
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Beautiful, Soul-Affirming Untruths
Gao Zen is a 53-year-old Chinese artist who, together with his brother Qiang, keeps a headless sculpture in his studio,
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An Unforgettable Lesson in What it Means to Be Human
— The Human Element is Everything, Sheila Taught Us —
In college I had a drama instructor named Sheila Weber, who
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How Reading Can Keep Us Safe
— Distraction is as much a threat to culture as censorship —
Yesterday concluded Banned Books Week, the American Library Association’s
