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December 2024

Notes from the End
For only the second time this year, I don’t have an essay for you this week.
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Travis Grossi
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A Very Elementary Christmas
“Let’s get this started,” the music teacher mumbles into the muted microphone she’s holding.
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2
From J to Z
“I’m bulking,” I say to my sister-in-law while scanning the box of vegan Korean beef from Trader Joe’s into the macro tracking app I just downloaded…
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3
The Road to Thanksgiving
I see the silhouette of the man in the red Jeep in front of me raise his hands into the air and back down again, like he’s trying to land a plane or…
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2

November 2024

Great and Full
I was all set to write an essay this week, but then I didn’t.
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Two Thousand Weeks
“How many weeks do you think we have?” I ask my friend Aurora on FaceTime while she’s driving, a habit her husband and also law enforcement frown upon.
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3
Searching for Power
Baltimore-Washington International Airport is eerily quiet for a Wednesday morning, and I wonder if there’s something going on that I should know about.
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2
Story of the Day
I read something recently during one of the many frenzied rabbit holes I regularly burrow down in search of distractions disguised as productivity…
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Palm Trees and Proposals
“Is this normal?” is a question I find myself asking roughly once a week; to myself, to my therapist, to the cashier at the grocery store.
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October 2024

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