There are enough out there extolling the virtues of patience. I have nothing new to add to their pile of words. No platitude on the nobility of patiently waiting through that which we have no control over. No meditation by way of miso. In fact, I find it quite annoying when those who’ve hardly had to suffer an interminable wait tell me to “just have patience” so instead, I’ll offer a few musings on what keeps me from losing my wits when the waiting seems without end. A way to find some richness in life even if all you want to do is break open the jar before it’s ready.
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On New Years
I don’t think I’ve ever liked the New Year. At least not the January 1 Gregorian one. It arrives ponderously, weighed down with all the expectations, anxiety, and guilt. The inexorable feeling that time marches on compressed into a single day. So we clink glasses.… Read More
On Waiting and Wakefulness
Go stand in a line. Pick a line made up of individuals rather than groups (think: order/checkout line at the grocery or cafe, not so much passport control at the airport). Now take a moment to look around before you fiddle with your phone. It’s… Read More
On Lemons and Love
What is a Lemon? For most English-speakers, the word conjures up images of an oblong, thin-skinned, sour, yellow fruit. Squeezed over salads, sliced into wheels, crucial to a lemonade. Ask for “limón” in Mexico however and you’ll be given the round, green fruit we often… Read More
On Culinary Capitals
“Trust but verify”. It’s a phrase I heard working with sales teams in tech cos. though I didn’t realize until later that the proverb has Russian origins and proliferated during the Cold War. No surprise seeing as most Western sales teams I’ve encountered have a… Read More




