Dec
25
50 Things That Mattered To Me In 2020
Today is, among other things, the last Friday of the year. It is my habit to
take the end of
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Latest
Dec
18
Acceptance
There’s a thing that people say sometimes about writing as a way of finding out
what you’re thinking
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Dec
11
The Party of Stasis
In a few days, I and several of my colleagues will be meeting with our
Congressman for the first time
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Dec
04
Irrevocability
On the night of my youngest’s sixth birthday, when the house was quiet and
everyone else was asleep, I
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Nov
27
Not If, But When
I roasted a turkey last night for the first time in my life. It turned out much
better than was
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Nov
20
Thinking About Kindness (Again)
I’ve been thinking a lot about kindness for the past couple of weeks, mainly
because I’ve seen so
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Nov
13
#MatteredToMe & #BuyArtFriday - November 13, 2020
Hello, everyone! I thought that since I’m changing things up by moving the
newsletter to Substack, I might as
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Nov
06
A Kind of Optimism
A couple of days ago I wrote a post about the fact that so many people voted to
re-elect the
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Oct
30
#MatteredToMe - October 30, 2020: Reconsidering
Hello, it's Friday. Here are some things that mattered to me recently:
1. Sarah Keller wrote about hunting
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Oct
09
#MatteredToMe - October 9, 2020: Different Kinds of Connection
Hello, it's still Friday, so here are some things that mattered to me recently.
1. Hanif Abdurraqib wrote