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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The archive begins with the most recent writing. Use the numbered pages below to move backward through time.
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The Boaz Scorekeeper–Chapter 30
The Boaz Scorekeeper, written in 2017, is my second novel. I’ll post it, a chapter a day, over the next few weeks. The 30th of December, four days…
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11/13/23 Biking & Listening
Here’s today’s bike ride. Why I ride Biking is something I both love and hate. The conflicting emotions arise from the undeniable physical effort it demands. However, this…
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Waking Up 11/13/23
Daily Meditation Gratitude Learn the power of gratitude and explore how to invoke it in your daily life. *** For more information, click here.
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The Boaz Scorekeeper–Chapter 29
The Boaz Scorekeeper, written in 2017, is my second novel. I’ll post it, a chapter a day, over the next few weeks. After Sara Adams’ deathbed confession I…
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11/12/23 Biking & Listening
Here’s today’s bike ride. Why I ride Biking is something I both love and hate. The conflicting emotions arise from the undeniable physical effort it demands. However, this…
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H Is for Hawk: Helen Macdonald on Love, Loss, Time, and Our Improbable Allies in Healing
Here’s the link to this article. BY MARIA POPOVA Every once in a while — perhaps thrice a lifetime, if one is lucky — a book comes along…
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Waking Up 11/12/23
Daily Meditation The Cure for Boredom Investigate how boredom can simply be a failure to pay attention. *** For more information, click here.
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The Boaz Scorekeeper–Chapter 28
The Boaz Scorekeeper, written in 2017, is my second novel. I’ll post it, a chapter a day, over the next few weeks. Wednesday, November 22, 1997 was the…
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11/11/23 Biking & Listening
Here’s today’s bike ride. Why I ride Biking is something I both love and hate. The conflicting emotions arise from the undeniable physical effort it demands. However, this…
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Artist Louise Bourgeois on How Solitude Enriches Creative Work
Here’s the link to this article. BY MARIA POPOVA “Nourish yourself with grand and austere ideas of beauty that feed the soul… Seek solitude,” young Delacroix counseled himself in 1824.…
Richard L. Fricks 