Archive for the ‘Places’ Category

July 29, 2009 2

A Digression On Desks

By Robert Minto in Organization, Places, Strategy

I long ago discovered that a well-planned workspace is nearly as important as a well-organized mind. Someday, my plan is to build/buy a set of desk, bookshelves, and working tables that will perfectly conform to the ideal plan I have in my head. But until then I am limited to functioning within the workspaces I’ve [...]

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June 15, 2009 2

A Prose Poem for Arizona

By Robert Minto in Places

For my fellow Arizonans.
I have tried many times to capture my backyard with my camera. But I can’t. I can’t capture the liberating sweep of weedy flatland that extends beyond my iron fence to a brown border of identical houses clustered like children in the shadow of purple-grey mountains. I can’t capture the stillness of [...]

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