More Beautiful Than Necessary

Change, proper child spacing, and gray beards

A Five Things essay

Oct 10 • 

Tresta Payne

20

5

What "Much Ado" teaches us about the benefit of the doubt

Be wary of living by your misinterpretations

Oct 3 • 

Tresta Payne

11

1

September 2025

The way out is not the same as the way in

Some thoughts on escaping the drain, and some links for your thinks

Sep 27 • 

Tresta Payne

27

14

You keep using that word.

It's just me—using extraneous words to define things.

Sep 21 • 

Tresta Payne

16

3

Life has never been normal

Gird up your loins and get serious

Sep 13 • 

Tresta Payne

25

4

Grape Cough Syrup and other things that don't fix the problem

Does everything have to be a lesson?

Sep 7 • 

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24

9

August 2025

The Doerner Fir is on fire

A tribute to the things we value

Aug 28 • 

Tresta Payne

13

3

Is there any point in hurrying?

Moving slow

Aug 13 • 

Tresta Payne

25

22

July 2025

We don't need the internet to doomscroll

but a little shock and awe can snap us out of it

Jul 14 • 

Tresta Payne

11

2

June 2025

Tell me how great your kids/spouse/dog/friends are

A quick word on bragging

Jun 20 • 

Tresta Payne

17

4

Update Shmupdate

I can only tell you what's happened so far

Jun 14 • 

Tresta Payne

42

20

May 2025

Favorite Things

(Don't tell the other Things)

May 30 • 

Tresta Payne

21

6