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Life in the Multiverse

A place to think beyond the “I” into all the “we”s which compose us and which we compose.

I am taking the term “multiverse” for my own to describe parallel worlds that aren’t just those of theoretical physics, but of lifeworlds and forces that parallel and permeate our own in untold and unsung ways, and to think through, question, and celebrate the multitudes of interconnections that bind us weirdly, weft and woof, to the rest of what is (and maybe some of what isn’t).

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  • A Walk in the Park
    I awoke today to find There are birds.
  • The Breakers
    Standing on the breakers in the spray it can seem Like the rock is winning
  • The Mouse and the Ladybug
    Lately I’ve been trekking to Colorado to my in-laws’ to help prepare their old house for sale. In the absence of humans, other denizens have taken up residence. The first I noticed were the mice. I didn’t notice mice, that is, but I noticed mouse droppings. Lots of them. Everywhere. My mind raced to rabies and hantavirus. Being in theContinue reading “The Mouse and the Ladybug”
  • In Defense of the Grossly Imperfect
    This semester I’m teaching a writing course, the theme of which is Artificial Intelligence. If spending time daily contemplating the looming AI takeover isn’t enough to plunge you into existential dread, I don’t know what is. AI has become so sophisticated that it is already replacing our doctors, our service workers, our artists and writers, me. I have no skills AI cannot do more accurately and efficiently. I am thoroughly, humanly, excruciatingly fallible.
  • The $4,000 Cinch
    So, with respect to Tom Hanks, life is less like a box of chocolates than it is a wobbly Jenga tower threatening to topple from one unidentifiable lynch pin …
  • Grievings
    This grief is different. It took me awhile to figure out why. It is my first encounter with a loved one’s physical suffering from a violent death. Consequently, the shape and path of this grief is profoundly different than those I have experienced before. … This weekend our dog Shiloh was hit by a car.

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