The Pen I Keep Going Back To
Some small loyalties reveal more about us than the big ones do.
Continue reading →Random Thoughts
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The Drawer That Doesn't Close Right
Every kitchen has one. Mine has taught me something about the things we learn to live around.
Continue reading →The Second Cup
Nobody needs a second cup of coffee. That's rather the point.
Continue reading →On Driving at Night
There is a particular kind of thinking that only seems to happen during long drives at night, and I have come to depend on it.
Continue reading →Why I Still Read Physical Books
I own an e-reader. I use it. And yet the books I remember, the ones that changed how I think, are almost all physical objects I can point to on a shelf.
Continue reading →In Defense of the Second-Hand Bookshop
There is a particular kind of afternoon that can only happen in a second-hand bookshop, and I worry we are letting it become extinct.
Continue reading →On Old Maps and the Courage of Not Knowing
Medieval cartographers wrote 'here be dragons' at the edges of their known world. I've been thinking about what we write at the edges of ours.
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