ESSAYS ON LIFE,
FAITH,
& THE FIELD

Written February 2018 Paint my heart With this scene— Gulls of gray against the palest blue sky imaginable, With snowflakes softly...

On Friday afternoon I took a walk in Sosnovka Park, the "greenest place in St. Petersburg." Sosnovka is a massive, 302 hectare park with...

Diagnosing the Problem I got up at 12:00 noon on New Year’s Day–which here in Russia is considered still very early– while the house was...