For many years I wrote about fiction, story, belief, ordinary life, and the questions that shaped my work. More than two thousand essays remain here—not because every one represents my current thinking, but because together they tell the story of a writer learning over time.
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Alan Lightman on Immortality and Our Touching Longing for Permanence in a Universe of Constant Change
Here’s the link to this article. A heartening perspective on mortality by way of the physics of the cosmos and the poetics of the night-blooming cereus cactus. BY…
“I’ve got to call my sister.” Sandy said as he exited the tiny bath, shirtless and rolling on deodorant, cursing to himself why there was no cell service.…
A Calendar of Wisdom: Tolstoy on Knowledge and the Meaning of Life
Here’s the link to this article. “The most important knowledge is that which guides the way you lead your life.” BY MARIA POPOVA On March 15, 1884, Leo Tolstoy (September…
Richard L. Fricks 