The There There

The There There Letter: Lounging, Lunging, and Longing

January 11, 2024

Tiger woodcut by Franz Marc When I hear somebody sigh, "Life is hard," I am always tempted to ask, "Compared to what?" (Sydney J. Harris) DAH is me, David...

The There There Letter: Urge, Ubiquity, and Utopia

January 4, 2024

"Cycling Home," by Simon Palmer It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection. (Oscar Wilde) DAH is me, David Anthony Hance....

The There There Letter: Credulity, Curvet, and Crepuscular

December 28, 2023

Silhouettes woodcut by Jeanne Amato Sometimes the fluffy bunny of incredulity zooms around the bend so rapidly that the greyhound of language is left, agog,...

The There There Letter: Sandwich, Sundown, and Sanctuary

December 21, 2023

Sunset Pathway woodcut by Steven Noble "Life does not come with instructions on how to live, but it does come with trees, sunsets, smiles and laughter, so...

The There There Letter: Together, Trust, and Tonic

December 14, 2023

woodcut by Jeffrey Thompson It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much. (Yogi Berra) DAH is me, David Anthony Hance. This...

The There There Letter: Feast, Fizz, and Frisky

December 7, 2023

Thanksgiving Turkey woodcut by Harry Cimino If you obey all the rules, you miss all of the fun. (Katharine Hepburn) DAH is me, David Anthony Hance. This...

The There There Letter: Deptford, Drambuie, and Dough

November 30, 2023

Money can't buy love, but it improves your bargaining position. Christopher Marlowe DAH is me, David Anthony Hance. This Letter is Free every Friday! You can...

The There There Letter: Geography, Greenwich, and Globe

November 25, 2023

Geography is just physics slowed down, with a couple of trees stuck in it. (Terry Pratchett) DAH is me, David Anthony Hance. This Letter is Free every...

The There There Letter: Rumbustious, Rumpelstiltskin, and Ralph Roister Doister

November 9, 2023

Gray Jay woodcut by Betsy Bowen I am sorie God made me so comely. (Nicholas Udall, Ralph Roister Doister, Act I, sc. ii) DAH is me, David Anthony Hance. This...

The There There Letter: Wit, Wellerisms, and Well-made plays

November 2, 2023

Linocut by Fiona Horan (Sussexcards) I'm not funny. What I am is brave. (Lucille Ball) DAH is me, David Anthony Hance. This Letter is Free every Friday! You...

The There There Letter: October, Ochre, and Oven

October 26, 2023

Autumn leaves don't fall, they fly. They take their time and wander on this their only chance to soar. (Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing) DAH is me,...

The There There Letter: Variety, Vitality, and Vivacity

October 19, 2023

Woodcut by Kate Mitchell I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul. (William Ernest Henley) DAH is me, David Anthony Hance. This Letter is Free...

The There There Letter: News-Avoidance, Noise-Abatements, and Now-Annoyance

October 12, 2023

Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present. (Alice Morse Earle) DAH is me, David Anthony Hance. This...

The There There Letter: Jackanapes, Jiggery-Pokery, and Jactitation

October 5, 2023

Doubt thou the stars are fire, Doubt that the sun doth move. Doubt truth to be a liar, But never doubt I love. (William Shakespeare) DAH is me, David Anthony...

The There There Letter: Bountiful, Benevolent, and Bookish

September 28, 2023

They gave each other a smile with a future in it. (Ring Lardner) DAH is me, David Anthony Hance. This Letter is Free every Friday! You can subscribe and...

The There There Letter: Kiddish, Kooky, and Kissing

September 21, 2023

Being joyful isn't what makes you grateful. Being grateful is what makes you joyful. (Ann Voskamp) DAH is me, David Anthony Hance. This Letter is Free every...

The There There Letter: Evitable, Elephant, and Eastlick

September 14, 2023

Elephant linocut by Ieuan Edwards Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind (Lionel Hampton) DAH is me, David Anthony Hance. This...

How Embarassing: An Apology

September 8, 2023

In yesterday's TheThereThere letter, an egregious error marred "Madrid." My mind wandered from Iberia to Italy in suggesting that our San Luis Obispo wine...

The There There Letter: Madrid, Macaronesia, and Melilla

September 7, 2023

Woodcut art by Eko There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. (George Santayana) DAH is me, David Anthony Hance. This Letter is Free...

The There There Letter: Yokel, Yare, and Yoicks

August 31, 2023

Woodcut art by David Witbeck The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. (Alan Watts) DAH is me, David...

The There There Letter: Itty-Bitty, Indulge, and Inure

August 24, 2023

woodcut art by Ruonan Yan You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is. (Will Rogers) DAH is me, David Anthony Hance. This...

The There There Letter: Zig, Zag, and Zipper

August 17, 2023

Artwork by Irving Amen I take a simple view of living. It is, keep your eyes open and get on with it. (Laurence Olivier) DAH is me, David Anthony Hance. This...

The There There Letter: Marmalade, Murmuration, and Malarkey

August 10, 2023

The "Dog Days of Summer." July 3 to August 11. The hottest days of the season. The Romans called them "dies caniculares" or "days of the dog star," now...

The There There Letter: Groovy, Genuine, and Gratitude

August 3, 2023

A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle. (Irina Dunn) DAH is me, David Anthony Hance. This Letter is Free every Friday! You can subscribe and browse...

The There There Letter: Xylography, Xeric, and Xenial

July 27, 2023

… (is) there any point in being alive without helping one another? (Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These) DAH is me, David Anthony Hance. This Letter is...

The There There Letter: Aught, Alackaday, and Adieu

July 20, 2023

"What grows best in the heat: fantasy, unreason, lust." — Salman Rushdie DAH is me, David Anthony Hance. This Letter is Free every Friday! You can subscribe...

The There There Letter: Quarrelous, Qualmish, and Quaver

July 13, 2023

To-morrow is a new day; you shall begin it well and serenely, and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense (Ralph Waldo Emerson) DAH is...

The There There Letter: Wobble, Wanhappy, and With

July 6, 2023

When I use a word it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less. (Humpty Dumpty, Through the Looking Glass, by Lewis Carroll) DAH is me,...

The There There Letter: Popeye, Peaches, and Poppyock

June 29, 2023

I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today. (Wimpy, a character in Popleye the Sailor Man, by Elzie Crisler Segar) Three things from DAH. The There...

The There There Letter: Hole, Holy, and Hiraeth

June 22, 2023

Decorate your home. It gives the illusion that your life is more interesting than it really is. (Charles M. Schulz) Three things from DAH. The There There:...

The There There Letter: Last, Lost, and Lust

June 15, 2023

When you come out of the storm you won't be the same person that walked in. That's what the storm is all about. (Haruki Murakami) Three things from DAH. The...

The There There Letter: Undercut, Undertake, and Underwater

June 8, 2023

All the water that will ever be is, right now … and once it is destroyed, nature's beauty cannot be repurchased at any price. (Thales of Miletus, 600 BC)...

The There There Letter: Cracker Jack, Chinatown, and California

June 1, 2023

(Diane Ladd as Ida Sessions) "Are you alone?" (Jack Nicholson as Jake Gittes) "Isn't everybody?" (from the movie Chinatown, 1974) Three things from DAH. The...

The There There Letter: Qindar, Quit, and Quincunx

May 25, 2023

Take care of those you call your own and keep good company. (Queen/Brian May, Good Company, from A Night At The Opera) Three things from DAH. The There...

The There There Letter: Yen, Yummy, and Yes

May 18, 2023

"Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup." (Wendell Berry) Three things from DAH. The There There: Where the heart...

The There There Letter: Xylem, Xoanon, and Xylomancy

May 11, 2023

I talk to the trees, but they don't listen to me. (Alan Jay Lerner) Three things from DAH. The There There: Where the heart is. DAH is me, David Anthony...

The There There Letter: Zany, Zeal, and Zip

May 4, 2023

If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud. (Emile Zola) Three things from DAH. The There There: Where the...

The There There Letter: Knowledge, Kindness, and Kindred

April 27, 2023

Jealous man can't gamble, scared man can't win (Chester Himes, A Rage in Harlem) Three things from DAH. The There There: Where the heart is. DAH is me, David...

The There There Letter: New, Never, and Now

April 20, 2023

There's always a sense of newness with acting, because every role, you come to every role fresh. (Lupita Nyong'o) Three things from DAH. DAH is me, David...

The There There Letter: Jangle, Jiggle, and Juggle

April 13, 2023

Sometimes the feeling that life is great just swells up inside you and fills you with joy. (Jackie Gleason) Three things from DAH. DAH is me, David Anthony...

The There There Letter: Observer, Occupier, and Omnivore

April 6, 2023

"Strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood and you'll find the real tinsel underneath." (Oscar Levant) Three things from DAH. DAH is me, David Anthony Hance....

The There There Letter: Saugeais, Sark, and Sealand

March 30, 2023

Three things from DAH. DAH is me, David Anthony Hance. "I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom." (Anatole France) This Letter is Free...

The There There Letter: Useful, Unexpected, and Understanding

March 23, 2023

Three things from DAH. Free every Friday! You can subscribe and browse past issues HERE DAH is me, David Anthony Hance. "… something can be made sacred by...

The There There Letter: Variety, Verve, and Voila!

March 16, 2023

Three things from DAH. Free every Friday! You can subscribe and browse past issues HERE DAH is me, David Anthony Hance. Life sorely lacks adequate rehearsal...

The There There Letter: TheThereThere, Terroir, and Tantalize

March 9, 2023

Three things from DAH. Free every Friday! You can subscribe and browse past issues HERE DAH is me, David Anthony Hance. "One of the ways we humans organize...

The There There Letter: Forgather, Formative, and Frolic

March 1, 2023

Three things from DAH. Free every Friday! Except this one's coming to you on Thursday because I'll be in a car early on Friday morning. You can subscribe and...

The There There Letter: Birdsong, Birthright, and Birthday

February 23, 2023

Three things from DAH. Free every Friday! You can subscribe and browse past issues HERE DAH is me, David Anthony Hance. Looking forward to another fine mess...

The There There Letter: Erratic, Errors, and Eros

February 16, 2023

Three things from DAH. Free every Friday! You can subscribe and browse past issues HERE DAH is me, David Anthony Hance. "Any man can make mistakes, but only...

The There There Letter: Id, Idiot, and Identity

February 9, 2023

Three things from DAH. Free every Friday! You can subscribe and browse past issues HERE DAH is me, David Anthony Hance. Borrowed from my dear friend Susana …...

The There There Letter: Monkeys, Monkfish, and Melodrama

February 2, 2023

Three things from DAH. Free every Friday! Except I'm driving early on Friday morning, so I'm sending this Thursday evening to save on stress. You can...