Foolish Journey

Acknowledging my Inner Joyful Homemaker

Why has it taken me fifty years to feel comfortable admitting…

How to coach yourself

The standard model of behavior change is silly. Come read about my much weirder…

To preserve and to alter the patterns of home.

At my house, we put up the holiday decorations on the weekend following…

The Game of Quality

How to make a mythic pattern language

In the airplane, black rectangles…

A Mythic Pattern Language

How to bring a myth to life (and share it with friends)

I chose my house, in part, because of a tree. The tree sits on a vacant lot next door to my house, and I wouldn’t agree to buy the house unless both were part of the deal. Certain…

Why We Should Create Personal Mythologies (and How)

An experiment in using mythic mode to confront the…

Snake Fables, Book I

A few prototype myths offered as an experiment in designing a personal mythology.

Goals vs opponent processes

Dear Jon,

I think you’re on to something here and I wanna see if I can connect the dots. There are a lot of things that are commonly understood to be a bit tricky to acquire directly. Like happiness, or a high-functioning city plan, or a funny joke…