A personal newsletter of humorous, essayistic observations on everyday topics, with recent issues covering harmonica history, martial arts and Curitiba, and the smell of malls. Readers get light, witty writing with some musical and cultural detail.
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Personal essays on relationships, thinking, creativity and agency, written from a family life on a Baltic island. Readers get reflective, exploratory writing that works through questions such as why music moves us and how to get unstuck creatively.
Personal essays that use art, philosophy, literature and pop culture to examine experiences that are hard to put into words, such as talent, desire and love. Readers get reflective, richly referenced writing with a distinct authorial voice.
Personal essays on rural life in southern New Hampshire, drawing on the seasons, woods, ponds and memory. Each issue is a reflective piece on topics like a 50th high school reunion, autumn at the pond and an abandoned canoe.
Long-form essays by a former Mormon writer covering AI's effect on human skills and the future, alongside personal reflections on religion, identity and family. Readers get idiosyncratic, well-researched argument and memoir-style writing with a distinct point of view.
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