A schedule is a mock-up of reason and order - willed, faked, and so brought into being.

It's a little silly to finally learn how to write at this age. But I long ago realized I was secretly sincere.

Trees have a curious relationship to the subject of the present moment. There are many created things in the universe that outlive us, that outlive the sun, even, but I can't think about them. I live with trees.

For all the insularity of the old guard, Pittsburgh was always an open and democratic town.

The sense impressions of one-celled animals are not edited for the brain. This is philosophically interesting in a rather mournful way, since it means that only the simplest animals perceive the universe as it is.

Then why did you tell me?

I am a fugitive and a vagabond, a sojourner seeking signs.