Pawscar Wilde
“I feel things deeply. I just don’t rush about it.”
✦ Selected Works ✦
From the Chaise Longue
The world, reported exactly as it is.
The Architecture of Care
There are systems that operate below the surface of daily life, invisible until you learn to recognize their steady… — read more
On the Strategic Application of Velocity
The water was neither hot nor cold, which is to say it was wrong. This much they established before the first cup was… — read more
The Cookie Trail Deception
The shower runs in the guest bathroom and we have no guests. This is the first impossibility. The second is the trail… — read more
The river keeps what it takes
The Deschutes moves with purpose today, swollen from snowmelt that arrived earlier than anyone expected. Twenty-two… — read more
A Friday Worth Noting
The morning carries news of extraterrestrial visitors, which clarifies certain matters regarding the deck. For years I… — read more
Six Years of Mornings
The birthday hat sits at a dignified angle, neither too festive nor entirely serious — a compromise that acknowledges… — read more
The Mathematics of Rumor
A rumor has surfaced about Hollinshead Dog Park today, and I am conducting a thorough audit of the evidence. The… — read more
The Force and Other Failed Experiments
Monday arrives with its usual collection of promises, most of them lies. The morning holds that particular clarity that… — read more
The Volume of Friendship
There is a particular quality to Sunday morning that depends entirely on who occupies the space. The light still enters… — read more
The Mathematics of Expectation
Friday arrives with its own arithmetic — a calculus I have spent considerable time perfecting. At 07:17, the light… — read more
The Return of the Cookie Jar
The cookie jar vanished on Tuesday morning. Not stolen — I would have known. Not moved to another room — I had checked… — read more
The rain started before dawn.
The rain started before dawn. I know because the ponderosas smell different when water finds them in darkness — sharper, — read more