
Last Tuesday / This Tuesday
Last Tuesday. I’m sitting in an Adirondack chair, my feet resting on a well-weathered log here in Sisters, Oregon. It’s my family’s annual week-long vacation

Five More Wisdom Biscuits
1. I know garbage “You should put the garbage bins back where they were before you remodelled,” I tell the managers of the Grant

Light-Lifting
✧✧✧ Introduction ✧✧✧ A long-form follow up to May’s 14/40 Five Wisdom Biscuits about smiling. ✧✧✧ Outline ✧✧✧ A Story Deep Shit About

A Big Ask
Beloved, What I’m about to ask is a very big ask. You (probably) aren’t going to want to do it. But I’m still going to

Slow Down, Good Sam
In 1973, researchers John Darley and Daniel Batson at Princeton University conducted a study based on the biblical story of “The Good Samaritan.” ✧✧✧ A

A Letter
Beloved, Let me tell you something I often say when counseling those mourning the loss of a loved one. “Unless you are a rabbi or