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Year Review 2024
Biggest Accomplishment My biggest accomplishment this year was finally finding a publisher. I’ve debated this a lot, and I’m pleased with...
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Dec 122 min read
Scale and Systems
Image from Wix Media I’ve been thinking a lot about systems lately. Several different conversations ended up being about them. I talked...
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Dec 52 min read
Blogging Into the Void
I don't feel like writing a blog post; every idea seems trite and contrived like it had been discussed ad nauseam. So, I thought I might...
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Nov 284 min read
One Year of Being a Magician
I learned to read when I was about three years old. I read death notices. Back in the 1980s, when someone died, the family would print...
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Nov 213 min read
Finding Writing Again
There’s a distinction between optimism and hope. I heard it first in a podcast (in Hebrew) and found it later in a paper by Jeffrey...
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Nov 142 min read
On Fear, Violence, and Safety
I’ve been testing the water by talking to people IRL about my book. On the one hand, each conversation is different. I open up the...
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Nov 72 min read
On Ghosts and Places
I know the spooky season is technically over, but I got distracted by The Great Reorganisation of 2024 , and I’ve been trying to write...
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Oct 312 min read
A Letter to My Son on His Fifteenth Birthday
My Dearest, My, how you’ve grown this year. I can’t believe you are fifteen already. I feel like I only had you yesterday, and (as you’re...
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Oct 243 min read
Wrangling the Chaos of Life
I’ve been feeling overwhelmed lately. Like I have too many things to do. Like I’m forgetting something important. It took me a while to...
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Oct 172 min read
On Ambivalence and Technology
Lately, I’ve been reflecting on my relationship with my phone. I find that if I have an excellent relationship (or a terrible...
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Oct 102 min read
Terrible Days
A year ago, we woke up into a nightmare. What I still find hard to believe, what re-astonishes me even today, is that we are still living...
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Oct 33 min read
Cloudy with a Chance of Serendipity: On Embracing Obstacles
I don’t like going out. I’m an anxious person, and going out involves all sorts of unexpected snafus that usually heighten my anxiety....
galpod
Sep 262 min read
On Morning Pages and Writing Daily
I recently started my 16th morning-pages notebook. I’ve been doing morning pages more or less regularly since the end of 2020. Most days,...
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Sep 193 min read
On AI and Being Human
The debate about AI has been rending communities apart. My beloved literary community keeps arguing about the use of AI, and the debate...
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Sep 122 min read
Book Review: Small Great Things
The story centres around Ruth Jefferson, an experienced African-American labour and delivery nurse who finds herself at the centre of a...
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Sep 53 min read
What Writing Takes
I’ve been reflecting lately on what it takes to be a writer. There are thousands, probably even millions, of people out there who want to...
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Aug 293 min read
The Power of Why
Every year , before the beginning of the school year, I set goals for myself. At some point quite recently, I realised that I...
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Aug 224 min read
Book Review: Little Boy Missing
On Trust, Tragic heroines, and telling Full disclosure: Lucy (AKA Lizzie Fry) is my mentor . One of the reasons I chose to work with her...
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Aug 154 min read
Travel Log: Paris During the Olympic Games
We had the absolute privilege to attend some Olympic events in person this year. First, logistics. It was nice to have the games so close...
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Aug 83 min read
On Boredom and Writing
I’m at the tail end (under sixty days left) of the year-long meditation course over on Headspace. It has taken me over a year for various...
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