Gabriel Malikian
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Yard Work, Removal, Additions, and Creativity
Two hours of dedicated work with a shovel, broom, and rake makes six months’ growth in the yard easy on the eyes, eyes attached to a busy mind. To look on a preened landscape, in our houses, is one example of peace made real. Though ownership of nature is a veritable falsehood, stewardship, I accept.…
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Working at Home with Coronavirus Orders
There is no doubt that many of us in the United States are feeling our normal routines disrupted by the ongoing spread of the 2019 Coronavirus, SARS-Cov-2. For me, the timing of this pandemic has been especially odd, as I was leaving my previous job at Ring and beginning a new venture as the shelter-at-home…