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July 1940: A word from E.B. White
Notes on Freedom, from One Man's Meat
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the things we almost do
On Yearning and Risk
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what I know
A List, at Sixty.
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intention
The back-handed gift of long Covid. [RECIPE]
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is cruelty addictive?
Humans, psychopathology, and the sadistic urge.
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you own everything that happened to you*
My Conversation with Anne Lamott about Permission
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Don't build your house on sand
and other rules of stability. [recipe]
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the things we cling to
On Sustenance and the Sieve of Memory [RECIPE]
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hope in the kitchen
What to cook when the lights dim. [RECIPES]
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to travel as a minimalist
Whatever it is, you probably won't need it.
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when they say you don't exist
Ruminations on Being Here No Matter What
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treat every onion like a new onion
On Beginner's Mind When the Light Begins to Shift [RECIPE]
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