Instagram has my number. I keep seeing videosfrom Alena. All of them shot identically, a close up of her entire face, the frame starts just belowher clavicle, the topof the frame just barelymisses the very topmostpoint of her head. Thelighting is always the same,and the backdrop, the same,minimalist, nothing detracts from her face.She wears veryContinue reading “#589: Alena (just.this.thought)”
Monthly Archives: September 2025
#588: On Not Going Back to the Schoolhouse on the First Day of School for the 4th Year In a Row
I hardly give it a thoughtuntil my wife heads out of the housewith a tub of red vines for the drum line info table where herstudents will entice the 9th gradersinto joining indoor percussion. Then, I give it a thought. This is the fourth school yearin a row that I have not reportedback to workContinue reading “#588: On Not Going Back to the Schoolhouse on the First Day of School for the 4th Year In a Row”
michael jarmer 