Author Archives: johndiestler

What happens when a culture no longer has the freedom to have fads? That might seem like a bold statement. Who took that freedom away? More importantly, why would anyone take that particular thing away? Is it possible the answer … Continue reading →

Today I left the house without my jacket. In the Midwest, a blizzard is swallowing highways. In California, someone is ordering a Blizzard to cool off. We move through weather whether we’re prepared or not — wind, heat, stillness, the … Continue reading →

A few months back, I wrote a one-act about a chair. I was partly inspired by Sarah Bernhardt, but mostly by the imagined possibility that common objects might carry some faint aspect of sentience. It was important that the chair … Continue reading →

Summertime filing, sanding, and polishing. Braided wire wrapped over leather, solid grip in wet circumstances.

Multitasking We have all heard that the secret to life’s success is to do a lot of multitasking. Meaning, I suppose, that whatever you are doing, learn to do two or three things simultaneously, in order to get ahead and … Continue reading →

I attended a jazz recital last night. Our music department generally has a performance to celebrate their student’s accomplishments. Our jazz quintet, “Jazzology”, was the featured performer. We also had a guest performer, Kallil Wilson, a great voice, with amazing … Continue reading →

I have now spent several hours watching YouTube murmurations. I am enthralled! I desperately want to experience this first hand. I can remember once, while my family fished from the levee on the Sacramento River, early in the morning, a … Continue reading →

I just used the WordPress feature of tracking the access of my blog posts. It isn’t that time consuming, haha, hardly a dozen eyeballs a week find my posts. Notice I didn’t say read and comment! Anyway, over the last … Continue reading →

The fear of missing out. I love the internet based short hands, but this one is a little different. The general category of human fears has been well documented with little change over the years. The fear of snakes, spiders, … Continue reading →

One of the biggest improvements to photography is the development of smartphone cameras. This also has created tremendous challenges. The first challenge may seem odd, but it is a hard problem to solve. There are well over 2 billion smartphones … Continue reading →