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this is what it feels like to be sad

writer’s note: After re-reading this essay several times, I realize it might appear that I am monumentally depressed and in need of immediate psychiatric assistance…

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How To Be Alone (borrowed from brain pickings/Maria Popova

This is a wonderful short film from Maria Popova’s blog, brain pickings, one of my favorite blogs. She consistently has intelligent essays on the literary…

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there are some remedies worse than the disease

“A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word on paper.” Kurt Vonnegut: Letters  A friend just…

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glass realms

“I have often wondered what it is an old building can do to you when you happen to know a little about things that went…

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it all needs to go away swiftly

Something just out of my reach has been bothering me. A couple of years ago during a 31-mile run as I was training for my…

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have you passed through this night?

Sometimes my life feels like a metaphor. I can’t help it. I look around and I am surrounded by metaphors, like discarded beer cans after…

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