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Why I'm watching the flowers
“Never in any case whatever is a genuine effort of the attention wasted.” ~ Simone Weil
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Patient God
I’ve forgotten His name because He is everywhere
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Things That Leave Marks
A door, a fence, beauty, an ice storm, and babies//Five things and writing as pure play
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March 2024

The Frustration of Incremental Progress
A good life is a long-term project
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February 2024

The Making of a Third Place, Pt. III
Welcome to the membership
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The Making of a Third Place, Pt. II: The part where it's backbreaking but still good
Then It Was Difficult
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The Making of a Third Place, Pt. I: First It Was Exciting
Some backstory on our deli + market adventure
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January 2024

White Garbage Bags
A Blue Shorts vignette, obsolescence, and claims of responsibility
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How the animals teach us to love and lose
An essay on puppies, chicks, and The Book of the Dunn Cow, at Cultivating Oaks Press
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You don't have to homeschool, but you can if you want.
Unsolicited advice for education and life.
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Fewer decisions, less stuff, and more books
Taking the whole month to ease into the new year
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December 2023

A Lovely Sort of Chaos
Books upon books, and so many people in the bookstore
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