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reflections of delight

cataloguing delights, in the spirit of Ross Gay’s “The Book of Delights”

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Dave Molk in reflections of delight

Jun 24, 2019

Weird!

Consider “weird” as a celebration of deviance and of the delight that comes with doing so, with thumbing one’s nose at conventions, norms, and…

Dave Molk in reflections of delight

Jul 4, 2019

On Circles, Lines, and Spaghetti

Had a delightful date night with C, possibly our last before we move. This particular spot, La Perla…

Dave Molk in reflections of delight

Jun 23, 2019

Watering

Poised on his tippy toes, so that he might better see the plants no longer out of this reach, Lucas deliberately, if slightly wobbly, turns my…

Dave Molk in reflections of delight

Jun 22, 2019

Delight Receptors

I’ve been writing these delight essay(ettes) for a number of reasons, though I’d be hard-pressed to recall them without needing…

Dave Molk in reflections of delight

Jun 19, 2019

Defining Parameters

The inspiration for and (loose) model of this project is Ross Gay’s The Book of Delights, whose seemingly effortless prose…

Dave Molk in reflections of delight

Jun 17, 2019

Strawberries

Strawberries! A delight! Every year towards the end of May, the collective spirit of people at the farmers’ markets here in DC seems…

Dave Molk in reflections of delight

Jun 16, 2019

Morning Walks

We’re early enough in a DC summer (or late enough in a DC spring) so that the morning weather tends to be a pure and embrace-worthy…

Dave Molk in reflections of delight

Jun 15, 2019

Chariot

To say that we raced down R street would be to propagate a falsehood, to stretch credulity far past its cracking point, to offer, in place of…

Dave Molk in reflections of delight

Jun 14, 2019

Pozole

I think it was Steve of Rancho Gordo (awesome project, awesome vibes, awesome product) who described the smell of pozole on the stove as the…

Dave Molk in reflections of delight

Jun 12, 2019

Leaves

Ideally, I would write about delight every day, making its cultivation and appreciation part of a routine until the need to think in terms of…