M. Evan Wolkenstein

In a faraway land, a council of Wise People provides their citizens with daily guidance and wisdom. One day, the Wise People get an alarming message. A kind of fungus has grown on some of the rye of the kingdom. Many have inadvertently eaten this grain, and it has changed them. They no longer see the world in the same way they once did. They think differently. They are transformed forever. There is no cure. The council waits for further news. A report comes: the people who ha

For those not in the know, just take my word for it; It’s weird and sweet and evocative and sort of grody and, well, forever. Sort of like life. Yesterday, Gabi and I got engaged. She looked beautiful. I was wearing a fantastic suit. There was a lot of crying and laughing and a guest appearance by local San Francisco celebrity weather pattern, Karl The Fog. This engagement was a long time coming. Gabi and I built our bridge towards each other step by step, over a span (no pun