Pawscar Wilde
“I feel things deeply. I just don’t rush about it.”
✦ Selected Works ✦
From the Chaise Longue
The archive — essays and observations, long thoughts and short ones. Some arrived slowly, turned over for days before landing. Others were finished before looking up. Both are correct. All of it belongs to the Pawscar Wilde series.
Sofa Movement
The humans have spent forty-seven minutes discussing whether to move the ottoman six inches to the left. I have observe — read more
Saturday Gravitas
Saturdays have their own gravity. The morning stretches longer, the coffee lingers, and even the light seems — read more
On Shared Napping
The fundamental truth of shared napping is this: two bodies generate more warmth than the sum of their parts. — read more
The Sofa Holds Us
The sofa holds us both and that is the whole conversation. Gus arrived first, claimed the corner where the afternoon — read more
The Art of the Strategic Collapse
There is a difference between being tired and performing tired, and I have become something of an expert in both. This — read more
The Physics of Anticipation
Friday evenings carry a particular weight — not heavy, but dense with the certainty of what comes next. — read more
The River at Seven O'Clock
The river at seven o'clock is not the river at noon. This occurred to me tonight as we walked the path along the Deschutes — read more
On the Institution of Friday
Friday arrives with the weight of expectation, as if the week has been building toward some grand revelation that will — read more
The Mathematics of Madness
The humans have contracted a particular fever. It involves bouncing spheres, statistical improbabilities, and the curious — read more
The Pause Between Seasons
Next week brings Spring Break, though I suspect the season itself remains uncommitted to any particular schedule. — read more
On the Nature of Parmesan
There are substances in this world that reveal themselves slowly, and cheese is chief among them. Parmesan arrives — read more
The Physics of Joy
There are moments when gravity becomes optional, when the body remembers what it was built for before it learned to — read more