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Meredith Lee and I were sitting on the back deck a few weeks ago, she was telling me a story and stopped to ask, What are you looking at?" I guess I'd left eye-contact or something. I answered, "Everything."

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Indexed issues, last 90 days
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Sep 27, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 27, 2026

    Letter to Collier on a Late September Sunday (opens the original)

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    Dear Winn: Finished the essay draft I mentioned, the one about the chancesan Ordinary Faith™️ could get boring. May not pass the smell test. That’s fine. I pinned the angel down long enough to get thoughts on paper. That’s a win. Keep thinking about Eliot’s line: Old men ought to be explorers…still and still moving. No doubt a bit vain, maybe a lot, but that’s what I want my children and mychildren’s children to remember of me: I stayed curious, kept repenting, moving.After a string of twenty-so

  2. Issue · Sep 1, 2026

    Tuesday’s Poem (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="562.9427312775331" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!urpX!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe6775e5c-e565-48a4-982c-d14b2f05fc77_

  3. Issue · Aug 30, 2026

    Dear Morgan, (opens the original)

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    On Saturday, August 1st, at 3:02pm, you texted me a pic of this book cover - <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="281.21008403361344" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SRNw!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-

  4. Issue · Aug 15, 2026

    Saturday's Poem (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1382" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!AHFd!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F32b6b4cc-74ac-4aa9-bfcb-f27fd3e5282a_930x1382.png

  5. Issue · Aug 15, 2026

    Saturday's Poem (opens the original)

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    Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedAnd God said, “Let us re-invent ourselves!Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedLet us go and tabernacle among men!”Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published<pre class="text"

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