Sunday, January 04, 2015

Six Momentous Digital Developments, 5 Ways I (Attempt to) Cope... and "The Money Tree"

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As a writer, six of the most momentous things that have happened for me in recent years are all digital: (1) Websites  (with my dad'...
Thursday, January 01, 2015

Marfa Mondays 16: Tremendous Forms: Paul V. Chaplo on Finding Composition in the Landscape

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Happy 2015! Just posted, Marfa Mondays podcast #16 (of a projected 24), an interview with photographer Paul V. Chaplo, author of Marfa Fli...
Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Top 13 Crunchies of 2014

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(Yes, it was hot) Rock Art in Meyers Springs, Lower Pecos Canyonlands, Far West Texas I generally get the most readers for my "cyb...
Monday, December 15, 2014

Top 10 Books Read 2014

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#1. Finding George Orwell in Burma By Emma Larkin A splendid, intrepid, and thoroughly original marvel of a travel memoir. Most interest...
Tuesday, December 09, 2014

In Which Ilán Stavans Explains the Cultural Mega-character that was Chespirito: Roberto Gómez Bolaños (1929-2014)

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Screenshot from Wikipedia This piece in the NYT is must reading for anyone interested in Mexico. P.S. This blog doesn't cover co...
Monday, December 08, 2014

Gifts of the Ancient Ones: Greg Williams on the Rock Art of the Lower Pecos Canyonlands

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Marfa Mondays Podcast #15 is now live. Listen in  anytime to my interview with Greg Williams, Executive Director of the Rock Art Foundat...
Monday, December 01, 2014

Cyberflanerie: Who's In Charge? Edition

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www.slowfactory.com Today one of my favorite blogs, my daily dose of bloggy wisdom, Seth Godin's, features  "Doing More, Giving...
Wednesday, November 26, 2014

November 2014 Newsletter

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ULI QUETZAPUGTL My November newsletter chock full of articles, podcasts, events, workshops, and more, has just gone out into the ethers ...
Monday, November 24, 2014

Cyberflanerie: Naomi Shihab Nye, Chinese Chicken Pop, Ye Olde Checkers, Cool Tool for Creating Timewealth, Clay Shirky, Susan J. Tweit

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Wang Rong Rollin does the chicken thing Whatever has befallen you, you will feel better when you read Naomi Shihab Nye's  "Gate...
Friday, November 21, 2014

Lifting the (Very Heavy) Curtain on the Leader of Mexico's 1910 Revolution

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MANUEL GUERRA DE LUNA C.M. MAYO ALEJANDRO ROSAS ROBLES November 18, 2014 Though the recent protests in Mexico City's historic cen...