Tim Barrus Blog

  1. Creating A Background 4 Photoshoot


  2. What Makes a Writer

    The secret to writing is the willingness to take the risk that next year at this same time on this same day, same job, same family, same challenges to navigate, year in, year out, hopeful, yet that ship with you or without you sails at noon no matter what. No…

  3. Still Standing

    Beware the helpers. “We only want to help you.” The helpers are not always very helpful. The word I am struggling to define is control. Resist these helper people. They’re dangerous.  

  4. Tim Barrus, New York Times

    My bones were dying inside of me. No one knew why. My heart was dying inside of me. No one why. My ability to fly from the roof was only eclipsed by broken bones as brittle as a stick. I take 30 medications a day. Surgeries to replace the bones.

  5. VOOMVOOM


  6. Standing Still With Sand in Your Mouth


  7. Nights In Nights


  8. Do You See What I See


  9. Dostoevsky


  10. Fake Food, Tim Barrus, NYT

    Not Another Pain In the Ass Piece On the Environment. But, Yes. Industrialized food. Industrialized farming. Industrialized fish farming. Industrialized wages. Industrialized health care. Industrialized housing. Industrialized prisons. Industrialized education. Industrialized book markets. Industrialized guns. Industrialized mining. Industrialized logging. Industrialized publishing. Industrialized beer. Industrialized shoes. Industrialized art. Industrialized war. Industrialized