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Hanging on the Periphery: The Life of an Introvert
March 26, 2026I’m Gary, and I’m an introvert. It’s no big deal, really, but there it is. If you know me casually, you might be surprised. Close…
Everything Does Not Happen for a Reason
March 23, 2026Everything does not happen for a reason. The notion that it does is a self-centered human fantasy based on limited, exclusionary knowledge. It helps people…
Beethoven and the Purity of Will
March 20, 2026“What a humiliation when one stood beside me and heard a flute in the distance and I heard nothing, or someone heard the shepherd singing…
Vacant Lots: A Butterfly Hunter Considers the Sacred
March 16, 2026The simplest definition of “sacred” in the Oxford English Dictionary has always seemed to me to be “set apart,” and that’s probably why I’ve never felt very…
A Bunch of Felonies
March 10, 2026You know, that’s what my sockeyetrist told me. “Catherine,” he said, “you’ve got a person in you, another person besides you, and that person is…
Everything Does Not Happen for a Reason
March 23, 2026Everything does not happen for a reason. The notion that it does is a self-centered human fantasy based on limited,…Beethoven and the Purity of Will
March 20, 2026“What a humiliation when one stood beside me and heard a flute in the distance and I heard nothing, or…Vacant Lots: A Butterfly Hunter Considers the Sacred
March 16, 2026The simplest definition of “sacred” in the Oxford English Dictionary has always seemed to me to be “set apart,” and that’s probably…A Bunch of Felonies
March 10, 2026You know, that’s what my sockeyetrist told me. “Catherine,” he said, “you’ve got a person in you, another person besides…
Raymond Carver Remembered
March 9, 2026For those who weren’t writing back in the nineteen eighties, it’s hard to imagine what a broad shadow Raymond Carver…
The Persistence of Doors
March 5, 2026I was four years old, and we lived on the top floor of a fisherman’s house in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.…
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