The There There Letter: Itty-Bitty, Indulge, and Inure
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
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
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
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
… (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
"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
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
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
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
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
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
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
(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
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
"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
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
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
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
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
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...