American Airlined, Again (and Again, and Again ...) open.substack.com/pub/dcat/p/ame…

Thoughts From Paris open.substack.com/pub/dcat/p/tho…

I returned from Paris in the wee hours Friday. Here are some scattered thoughts on the city, language skills, travel, and the workshop in which I participated. [Please consider subscribing.] open.substack.com/pub/dcat/p/bon…

I’m heading to South Africa for my annual trip on Sunday. I’ll be gone for nine weeks, so consider this post just a little bit of house cleaning. Programming Note open.substack.com/pub/dcat/p/pro…

Capsule reviews of books I finished in May (plus the usual brief commentary on some music): May Reading open.substack.com/pub/dcat/p/may…

Banality and drama in my first days back in South Africa. (Please consider subscribing if you haven't already.) Early Days in South Africa open.substack.com/pub/dcat/p/ear…

From Kimberley to the Karoo open.substack.com/pub/dcat/p/fro…

A few thoughts from Cape Town: open.substack.com/pub/dcat/p/sea…

Barbarians Storm Cape Town: open.substack.com/pub/dcat/p/bar…

It's a Springbok Game Day in Cape Town! In Praise of Game Day open.substack.com/pub/dcat/p/in-…

Some immediate-aftermath thoughts on Boks-Barbarians: (I hope you'll consider subscribing!) Boks-Barbarians open.substack.com/pub/dcat/p/bok…

South African Politics Watch: What's GNU, Small Boy? open.substack.com/pub/dcat/p/sou…

On books I completed in June, including Jim Walsh and the Minneapolis Music scene, 80s Hair Metal, and Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. June Reading open.substack.com/pub/dcat/p/jun…

on South African Women's Sport: By Fits and Starts open.substack.com/pub/dcat/p/by-…

Thoughts on the Boks-Italy match from Loftus Versfeld: open.substack.com/pub/dcat/p/fro…

Rugby stuff from Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth): Marching With the Braai Army open.substack.com/pub/dcat/p/mar…

On Suicide open.substack.com/pub/dcat/p/on-…

In which I try to thread a needle amidst right-wing bullshit: On Trans Athletes open.substack.com/pub/dcat/p/on-…

On losing our big chonky sweet love of a baby boy. Roly open.substack.com/pub/dcat/p/rol…

On July Reading open.substack.com/pub/dcat/p/jul…