by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | May 18, 2026 | Thoughts You Can Use
Since moving to the American South I’ve had to come up with a variety of strategies for dealing with blowhards. I was standing in line for gas at Costco this weekend and a guy was complaining about the cost. “But I don’t mind,” he said....
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | May 12, 2026 | Thoughts You Can Use
One of the most awkward things about me has always been my tendency towards religiosity. Even when I was an atheist, I had a pretty religious sensibility about it. When I was a yoga teacher I opened the sessions with a Sanskrit mantra. It made people think I knew...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | May 5, 2026 | Thoughts You Can Use
A masterclass in fearless communication is coming straight out of the Vatican. I’m an Episcopalian, so it’s a bit funny to be lionizing the pope, but to give credit where it’s due: Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born pontiff, has been demonstrating exactly what it...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Apr 27, 2026 | Thoughts You Can Use
I had a marvelously humbling experience this past weekend, going to Washington D.C. and staying at the Watergate hotel while I played in a squash tournament at Squash on Fire, a reasonably new club run by my old friend David Hughes who I know from Open Squash in New...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Apr 21, 2026 | Thoughts You Can Use
Since moving to Norfolk, Virginia from New York City last fall the biggest blessing — apart from a Costco™ membership and a grilling habit, of course — has been having more time to write. In New York I managed to finish a graphic novel over the course of a couple of...
