Archive - Process by Wil Dalton

Considering their Achievements Post-Presidency, It Seems Every One of Them Wishes They'd Pursued Their #FARMLIFE Dreams Instead

On depressed presidents and if peace and contentment and satisfaction eluded them, what hope have you or I?

May 6 •

You and I, Revisited, After a Stretch of Time, Where Not A Word Has Changed, But Still, Everything Is Different

My friend David (from college), who reconnected with me during Covid, and encouraged me to write again, in earnest, by offering to read and to comment…

May 2 •

March 2025

In The Desert, “Deafening Silence” Is No Longer a Clichéd Oxymoron But Instead An Apt Expression Of The Oppressive Quiet That Surrounds Your…

We took our kids to the desert last night, and perhaps it was the reprieve from their game of shout-tag, when they trekked a few dunes over to examine a…

Mar 8 •

Writing Desire and Sex and All the Thoughts of Teenagers and Middle Agers and Elders and Everyone of Everyage Without Your Family and…

A quick question inspired by Stephen King’s Revival

Mar 3 •

February 2025

Who Can Judge (Me)?

On Heraclitus’ River, On Borges’ Other, On Listening to Songs I Recorded When I Was Younger, Happier, and More Hopeful

Feb 22 •

January 2025

A New Way of Understanding

A Poem for Friday and Every Day After

Jan 17 •

Another One of My Stories in the Wild

A Brief History of Writing

Jan 8 •

November 2024

Happy Thanksgiving

Grateful to be here in this marvelous and wonder-filled world.

Nov 28, 2024 •

Dostoevsky and Me

A while back, Meg Oolders interviewed me for an abandoned podcast and asked, “What was your motivation for writing your Walt Darling series?” and the…

Nov 5, 2024 •

October 2024

Walt Darling and the Boobs of Doom

Son, if you assumed that my first kiss lifted Erica’s curse and that my only task ahead was discovering who I would be lucky enough to kiss forever and…

Oct 30, 2024 •

August 2024

The End of the Weekend at the End of the Summer

On Amy Hempel’s Brilliance and Parables and What I Did During My Summer Vacation

Aug 10, 2024 •

July 2024

Stare Into the Abyss and Scoff

A plea for your favorite brutal quote

Jul 8, 2024 •

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