Paul H. Curtis

Taking Back Tomorrow — Paul H. Curtis To concede that the future is unknowable is, of course, better than insisting it cannot be anything other than bleak. But how can we make sense of the complexities of the present—how can we organize o...

It’s hard for us to imagine it, maybe, but optimism about the future used to be fashionable. A few thoughts on James Gleick’s NYRB review of “A Century of Tomorrows,” by Glenn Adamson: www.paulhcurtis.net/blog/taking-...

Zipper on the stairs. She’s the smallest of our three cats, and an absolute sweetheart with human beings, but an iron-fisted alpha among cats

Mentioned to a friend that when I worked for the state leg we had to spend so much time campaigning it cost us constituent services capacity. They said “oh that makes sense,” but by that time they’d already voted no.

It is! Should rain Thursday; fingers crossed

Just shouted that at my cats but it doesn’t seem to have shamed them at all

It’s a sunny late fall day in Yonkers - we could use some rain, but the view is nice. The cats are busy; they’re around here somewhere

Montaigne: Of Sadness — Paul H. Curtis Real sadness, Montaigne is telling us, is something as profoundly inexplicable as real love.

Turning to stone: Montaigne’s “Of Sadness”

Joining a new SM site is like starting at a new school. This year I’m finally gonna be cool

Thanks! I like it here

Millard R.BM. Fillmore III, Esq. (Aka Millie). Gotta get some cat content going here from the start.

Great list! Would love to be added if possible :)

First post here! I’m not a good self-promoter, but while I get warmed up, feel like I should link my website: some decent stuff if you’re into magical realism - www.paulhcurtis.net