Jan
04
Word for the Year
In 2017, I chose STRENGTH as my word of the year. It was two months since Trump
had been elected,
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Latest
Dec
31
58 Things That Mattered to Me in 2017
Every Friday—or, at least, as many Fridays as I can manage—I write a list of
things that mattered
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Dec
11
Touch
I took a course in electromagnetism when I was a sophomore in college—I turned
out not to have much
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Nov
15
Crayfish
My son has a pet crayfish. Which, I suppose, is another way of saying that I
have a pet crayfish.
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Oct
31
(Untitled)
On Sunday afternoon I wandered away from my tour group and sat by myself at a
picnic table in front
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Oct
22
Narrative
I realized the other day that most of my favorite TinyLetters are written by
people much younger than me. There’
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Oct
01
This is it
At about 4:30 this morning, my son wandered into my bedroom and told me that
he'd had
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Aug
17
(Briefly) Empty Nest
When he was a puppy, our dog slept beside our bed, just within reach of my
fingertips if I let
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Jul
13
Goodbye
About six weeks ago, on a Sunday morning, I found out that an old teacher of
mine was dying. It
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Jul
06
Time Travel
Sometimes at night, as I am waiting to fall asleep, my brain engages in a form
of time travel. I
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