Archive - cybermonk

Though little skilledI do not playto please another’s ear.I play just for myselfand sing to give sustenance to my own heart.from Hōjōki, by…

Apr 6 •

March 2024

Welcome to hell

If you behave just right people will like you. If you behave just right, like we do, people will give you what you need. If you put effort into the…

Mar 25 •

February 2024

Stuff I've learned

Some things I would tell my younger self: You are extremely sensitive to caffeine and should not consume coffee, tea, or even chocolate. You don’t have…

Feb 13 •

December 2023

The door swings shut and I plunge into the darkness. I lose the raucous conversations in a December wind that lends purpose to my stride. The slivered…

Dec 5, 2023 •

November 2023

High above the Baltoro glacier, the wind whistles over corniced ridges and between teetering seracs. It whips spindrift off the snow and the icy fog…

Nov 17, 2023 •

The last few months flew by. I finally bought a car. I set a new personal record running my favorite trail; my previous best time was five years ago…

Nov 2, 2023 •

July 2023

Mind and mountain

I attempted Mt. Shasta yesterday. It was my first time doing real mountaineering: leaving camp at 2 am, ice axing up a 50-degree snowfield, navigating…

Jul 17, 2023 •

Notes on freedom

There is a remarkably uniform description of the type of life that a young, intelligent person is supposed to live. They should live in an apartment in…

Jul 8, 2023 •

reflections on Twitter

I’ve been active on Twitter since some time last spring—a full year and a bit. I reached a thousand followers in March, and attained the present count…

Jul 5, 2023 •

June 2023

and looking past them

Jun 24, 2023 •

Jun 21, 2023 •

Among the bubbles

soap, and other things

Jun 18, 2023 •

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