III. The Kitchen Test
The third decision: the partner you marry. The person you go home to either absorbs the risk of every big move you make, or doubles it.
ReadThe reflective voice
Essays
Essays and brief fragments on attention, craft, uncertainty, time, and the care of difficult problems.
Published essays and fragments
The Voice That Built Me
A voice in my head has said get better for thirty years and never once told me what better means. On ambition, the measure we carry, and where to set it down.
ReadThe Instrument Is the Least of It
Twenty-five years in, the mirror and the explorer matter less than I thought. What examines the patient is attention.
ReadBefore the Hand
The Patience of the Jaw
Joints heal on their own calendar. What two decades of TMJ practice taught me about waiting well.
ReadOn the Bruxist's Hour
The grinding happens in the hour we own least. On sleep bruxism, and what the night does with the day's unfinished business.
ReadA companion collection
Reading Notes
From the Essays
One essay, occasionally. No noise.
A quiet note when new writing is ready.