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Station Eleven (by Emily St. John Mandel)
I first wrote about Station Eleven in an earlier post, and even then, I already knew it was the kind of book that doesn’t leave you easily. But reading it two years into a real pandemic changed something about the experience. The dystopia Mandel imagined is far worse than what we lived through, and yet… Read more
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Domesticating God
After writing the Name It, Claim It blog post, I kept looking for a better way to describe how we treat God like a cosmic vending machine—and then I found it: Yes, sometimes we humans try to rope God into our dark plots and use God to help us scramble to the top of the… Read more
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How three weeks of motion watered my creative drought
After weeks of hiatus, lack of imagination leading to a lack of drive, I’m finally back to writing here again! And it even feels like my ideas just keep pouring out of my head, spilling into my fingers, so that I itch to type them immediately. This has been the kind of everyday I used… Read more
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Late-night musings #33
I keep thinking about how love is based on the freedom of choice. Like when we love someone, we give them the space to act like adults, knowing the difference between what is right and wrong. But in this space where the person we love has the room to think and assess what wisdom to… Read more
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Upgrade itch
And the pearls sat inside my drawer, waiting for some occasion worthy of them. Some of them are starting to wear out, waiting for that day. And I know that they are there, sitting and waiting. Perhaps waiting for me to wear them even without an occasion. Sure, my pearls are still pearls, carrying memories… Read more
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Everyday Stories, Lived
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