Smallstreams

Abstract (or, if you’d prefer, tl;dr): Writers and readers, in their own fashion, succumb to the seven deadly sins: Wrath, Avarice, Sloth, Pride, Lust, Envy, and Gluttony. In the following, I detail some hazards, if not mortal sins, of my research process. Writing about Medieval Central Asia and the Mongol Empire has been a great opportunity to follow a trail of literature and discover many…

https://prague-literary-events.notion.site/Prague-Literary-Calendar-846ba376c71e487fb6f838f30b782cac?pvs=4

https://export.calendar.online/ics/0/65fb73448a95a8aba78d/pragueliterarycalendar.ics?past_months=3&future_months=36

The Flat Café in Vršovice, Prague I’m a fan of James Hoffman, and it seems not the only one in Prague. The Flat Café carries Square Mile coffee. S. at the Vrsovice café and I talked about favorite Hoffman YouTubes when I visited. It also qualifies as a literary venue because of its “No laptops/No studying” signs.

Joe Grim Feinberg, a fellow member of the Globe Creative Writing Group, just had his play published. To celebrate he had a play reading held at the Globe Bookstore last night. The play, Praise Boss: Labor’s Loves Lost, contained lots of antic humor and rousing Wobbly (as in International Workers of the World) rhetoric. That’s me wielding the guitar, Joe giving directions, and poet Lucien Zell…

I’ve always wanted to see if The Wayback Machine had any Pittsburgh Signs materials. It does, lots. https://web.archive.org/web/20090106021855/http://pittsburghsigns.org/archives/2004/11/the-electric-ba.html

The view from a café in Pakoštane.

And now we dance!

twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1528595337530703873 Washington Post article by Starre Vartan on the benefits of dance.

What are the Chances?

After nearly seven years in Prague I still keep finding things. Walking down to Vrsovice, I spotted one of those art vending machines (née cigarette vending machines). What are the chances I would have fifty crowns with me to feed the Artmat? I’ve been thinking about the surrealist concept of hasard objectif and how random nature provides meaningful information. Things just keep showing up.

I’m not feeling it this morning, not that I should have to feel it to get work done. In any case, I’m thinking of inspiring spaces. I’m very grateful for the space I have but I also like to think of other people’s spaces, all the while knowing how little affect it might have on getting work done. This is from a Home Designing article called “Funky Spaces with Artistic Flair.” I have no idea what…