Of The Hands

Almost two years ago, just a few days before the winter solstice, I was mucking out the sheep shed at one of the farms I worked for when I received news via a text message that I was going to be ...

https://ofthehands.com/2016/09/30/on-searching-for-home/

I mentioned here back in December that I was working on a new project, Into the Ruins, which is a new deindustrial science fiction journal. What’s deindustrial science fiction, you ask? Simply ...

https://ofthehands.com/2016/05/13/facing-the-future/

Piggy backing off my previous post, I’m happy to announce that I now have a blog set up at the Into the Ruins website. At this point, I don’t know how often I’ll be updating it, but I’d l...

https://ofthehands.com/2015/12/09/comes-the-flood/

I’m happy to announce a new project of mine, Into the Ruins, a quarterly journal publishing science fiction of a deindustrial or post-industrial bent. The journal is inspired by John Michael Gr...

https://ofthehands.com/2015/12/07/into-the-ruins-a-deindustrial-science-fiction-journal/

I admit to a love of this world, in all its mess, complexity, pain, and challenge. It tries me at times, but I love it. As often as in its joy, I find my love in its pain and challenges. This isn...

https://ofthehands.com/2014/02/10/original-sin/

On Tuesday, a little after noon, I sat in the kitchen at one of the farms I work for, eating alone and browsing the tomato section of a Territorial seed catalog. Tomatoes, as it happens, are a si...

https://ofthehands.com/2014/01/09/a-new-years-plan-looking-inward/

For a time there, I had it figured out. Okay, that’s only half true. For a time there, I felt comfortable. There have been moments during the last year when I felt at peace, in a good place, co...

https://ofthehands.com/2013/12/14/a-discomfiting-upward-movement/

When I was young, I killed a possum. It’s my earliest memory of killing an animal. That’s not surprising, as I don’t have many instances of killing animals to remember. I loved animals as a...

https://ofthehands.com/2013/11/21/killing-animals/

I’ve always cared about justice and the proper way to live in the world. My specific beliefs around these ideals have changed and morphed over time, but they always have been a concern for me. ...

https://ofthehands.com/2013/11/04/patience-in-an-emergency/

An entry in The Household Economy I wrote in March about The Long Game—the slow assimilation of knowledge and experience and the increased making of my own living each year. I wrote of my hopes...

https://ofthehands.com/2013/10/26/the-long-game-continues/