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The Grief of Growing Up
On rearing children, those ever-changing beings, and the void that is left as they grow. This one is from my archives, and I wanted to have it on Substack.
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The sailboat. {a confession of sorts.}
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Tradwives {an essay about tending what you can reach.}
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The Big Sad.
Jan 2
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Tend the Soil. {a human response/essay.}
Sep 21, 2025
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Unsinkable. {prose}
On making beautiful things even when you fear the ship is sinking.
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What IF Finds Me
On preparation, shaking, and choosing where to stand.
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The Beacon from the Bridge
An essay on growing food and remembering how to be human.
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Conception (The Diary of a Gardener-January)
On winter, waiting, and the beginning that comes before spring
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Daily Bread.
A simple record of a winter morning shaped by labor, attention, and the daily bread that arrives whether we notice it or not.
Jan 6
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The Big Sad.
And on days like today, when the sun shines without warmth, when the light lies about what it can give, the work is not fixing or saving or…
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The Hill I'll Die On (on ordinary faith in a fear-formed world)
This steadiness requires the courage to remain awake in my own life. To fully inhabit my body and my place on the earth.
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