Commonplace – TURN-STONE

A freethinker’s look at two famous journeys

Best of Turnstone, Commonplace, How to live, Religion September 13, 2023 by Tom Chester

This essay appeared on the Faith page of the Tucson Daily Star on Sunday, August 27, 2023. The URL to it is below. Travel stories … Read more

Regret and remorse

Commonplace, How to live, Wisdom July 18, 2021 by Tom Chester

In the last line of his fine memoir, “Off to the Side,” the late writer Jim Harrison offers an interesting perspective on living: “My life … Read more

Ideas, insights, and opinions — II

Best of Turnstone, Commonplace, How to live, Life, Wisdom August 23, 2020 by Tom Chester

Here are more excerpts from my notebook. As I wrote in the post with the first collection of these sayings, some have appeared elsewhere in … Read more

Ideas, insights, and opinions

Best of Turnstone, Commonplace, How to live, Life, Wisdom August 8, 2022August 6, 2020 by Tom Chester

Since long before I started turn-stone, I have kept a notebook of ideas for possible topics to write about, as well as quotes, and books … Read more

Fish and Whistle

Commonplace, Community, Humor, Religion May 10, 2020 by Tom Chester

The songwriter John Prine died recently at age 73 from the novel corona virus. His death marks the loss of an American treasure. I have … Read more

Practice resurrection

Commonplace, Life, Poetry, Wisdom May 10, 2020March 11, 2018 by Tom Chester

I have been working on a longer post that touches on several themes relating to the challenges we face individually and as a society. In … Read more

Sweetness and light

Beekeeping and Other Interests, Best of Turnstone, Commonplace, Poetry, Society May 10, 2020January 28, 2018 by Tom Chester

I just had a poem published by a regional magazine devoted to arts and culture. My poem “Skeps” is about traditional methods of beekeeping but … Read more