I decided to straighten up a bit this evening, as my bedside books and papers had once again tiptoed away from their pile. As I was...

We see other people's errors, but often overlook some of our own. Feels like there's a metaphor in there somewhere.

“Why are we reading, if not in hope of beauty laid bare, life heightened and its deepest mystery probed?” -Annie Dillard, The Writing Life