December 31, 2016 1:23 pmPublished by John Montesi
New Year’s Eve falls squarely under that old Socratic definition of insanity: repeating the same thing and expecting a different... View Article
December 20, 2016 11:43 amPublished by John Montesi
It appears that somehow my piece on Petrolicious is climbing its way back into the ranks of the ‘most popular’... View Article
December 9, 2016 1:23 pmPublished by John Montesi
People are fickle enough on a good day. Even at our best, there are plenty of small things that can... View Article
December 1, 2016 2:56 pmPublished by John Montesi
Something I find myself contemplating a lot lately is the slow and simple pursuit of joy across disciplines and slices... View Article
October 17, 2016 11:14 amPublished by John Montesi
The vulnerability offered up and time taken to compliment a laugh or share some commonality in written words is a beautiful thing, and every bit of it makes me want to pour myself into my writing and the people I meet a trillion times more.
October 4, 2016 10:27 amPublished by John Montesi
Many of us remember being told as children to never trust strangers, or at least to never accept candy from them or get into their cars. I’ve long since broken all of those rules.
August 27, 2016 5:45 pmPublished by John Montesi
It’s no secret that I believe strongly in seeking discomfort in the form of wolf tongues and hot deserts and mountain monsoons, because the particulars are always unpredictable.
August 9, 2016 2:43 pmPublished by John Montesi
I used to wonder how I could ever earnestly dance or love or have a conversation again after I felt that part of me atrophy under the weight of irony and sarcasm and a million unanswered questions.
March 29, 2016 11:53 amPublished by John Montesi
It is little exaggeration to say that “everyone” is now discussing the imminent disruption to the social order, that in... View Article
December 8, 2015 12:05 pmPublished by John Montesi
We spend a lot of life burying simple, earnest joy beneath complicated oxymorons like the idea of the “guilty pleasure.” This phrase is most often connoted with songs that we somehow “shouldn’t” like but secretly do, anyways.
April 8, 2015 10:59 amPublished by John Montesi
The idea that a river has a character distinct from all other rivers seems impossibly provincial. If someone had said... View Article