A new season approaches, one of supposedly lighter schedules and vacation plans. And for me, at least, it also means a need for a new reading list. I enjoyed my winter/spring list, and now it’s time to make another. This summer will be unique, as I begin a two-month sabbatical in August. I’ll have moreContinue reading “Summer Reading 2025”
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Haiku Written on a Train on a Sunday Morning
I love writing haiku. It’s such an easy and accessible poetic form, and it challenges you to play with words and phrases to fit the 5-7-5 criteria. Last week was my family’s annual beach vacation, and on the train ride home I decided I’d write a few haiku based on my surroundings to pass theContinue reading “Haiku Written on a Train on a Sunday Morning”
The Tao of Summer
In the pursuit of learning one knows more every day; in the pursuit of the way one does less every day. One does less and less until one does nothing at all, and when one does nothing at all there is nothing that is undone. – Tao Te Ching, v. 48 In my house, hardlyContinue reading “The Tao of Summer”
Jeffrey A. Nelson 