What are you good at remembering?
A software algorithm suggested that I write a post on this topic. Upon clicking “Publish” on my posting last week, WordPress.com ran some sort of automated semantic analysis of this blog and gave me...
View ArticleSpuyten Duyvil Sunset, aka, When did my old stomping grounds become a J.M.W....
Time compresses the memories of an old favorite place, so that when that familiar place is revisited after a long absence, it appears foreign and new to us. When we try to recapture the past experience...
View ArticleFrozen Connecticut Landscape Photo Essay: Optimists and Pessimists
The difference between optimism and pessimism is a difference in our choice: We can choose how to use our memory and our imagination. We can choose to remember the pain, and we can choose to remember...
View Article2015 Blog Feed-forward: Building on an Elephant’s Memory
“Should old blog posts be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should old blog posts be forgot, from days not long ago?” For the next 31 days I’m going to flip it and reverse it, blogging backwards and...
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