maintenance ethic - Jack Cheng

Rufus holding stuffed animal, near-dusk light with long, high contrast shadows from behind, plaster walls and wood door frame.

#456: A Working Writer

Ground-level view of roller coaster riders at top of track, palm trees and cloudy blue-gray sky.

#452: New Year Notes

A new essay – a year of maintenance – some winter entertainment

Black and white photo: cavelike full of old bikes and tubes, standing in rows and hanging from racks.

#401: Three (More) Meditations on Maintenance

Bike repair class, the best of our blenders, and Threads.

My oak-paneled office, desks along all visible walls, computer screen next to window.

#396: Maintenance Ethic

A collection of links and quotes on care and maintenance.

Black and white. Doric columns at the Parthenon, metal crane in background with glow of sun.

#394: Pruning

On learning from trees to redirect energy.

An overgrown front lawn.

#247: On Maintenance

Learning the virtues of yard work.

#133: To Breathe

#122: Continuity

#97: Squeezing the Toothpaste