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 allure of tribalism in dangerous times
Here’s the link to this article. by ADAM LEE NOV 06, 2023 Overview: Moral codes based on tribalism—defining the in-group and the out-group, whether by culture, religion or race—offer…
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Waking Up 11/11/23
Daily Meditation The Last Time Understand how recognizing the truth of impermanence can improve your life. *** For more information, click here.
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The Boaz Scorekeeper–Chapter 27
The Boaz Scorekeeper, written in 2017, is my second novel. I’ll post it, a chapter a day, over the next few weeks. The Friday after Labor Day, Tina…
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11/10/23 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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The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
Here’s the link to this article. BY MARIA POPOVA “You are born alone. You die alone. The value of the space in between is trust and love,” artist Louise…
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A Tennessee high school let a Christian preacher lead the basketball team in foot-washing
Here’s the link to this article. Pushing Jesus on public high school students is coercive, immoral, and illegal HEMANT MEHTA NOV 4, 2023 Here’s a quick tip for…
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Waking Up 11/10/23
Daily Meditation What Is Progress in Meditation? Learn how to identify what progress looks like in meditation. *** For more information, click here.
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The Boaz Scorekeeper–Chapter 26
The Boaz Scorekeeper, written in 2017, is my second novel. I’ll post it, a chapter a day, over the next few weeks. In July, I was contacted by…
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11/09/23 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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Achieving Perspective: Trailblazing Astronomer Maria Mitchell and the Poetry of the Cosmic Perspective (David Byrne Reads Pattiann Rogers)
Here’s the link to this article. BY MARIA POPOVA This is the third of nine installments in the animated interlude season of The Universe in Verse in collaboration with On Being,…
Richard L. Fricks 