PPTSD: Post Presidential Traumatic Stress Disorder
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have won a historic victory. After learning about it, I found myself in tears for most of the morning. I didn’t feel happiness, or elation. I wasn’t sad. I [...]
HALL OF MENTAL CULTIVATION – ORIGINS

The Hall of Mental Cultivation is part of Beijing’s Forbidden City. Emperors of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) lived, worked, read and worshiped there….which is basically what I do in my home office, on a much less grand scale. But I love the name.
READING NOW:
M.M. Kaye’s Trade Winds.
LISTENING TO:
Marilyn Manson’s new album, and the Hamilton soundtrack.