Unlike the articles found in the other sections on this website, you will find less formal pieces here. Their level of editing is not up to the level of those found in different sections, and the majority of them are written in between appointments throughout the day.
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Lessons from the Heat Dome
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Lessons in Quintessence and that of Your Tools
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The Black Art of Leveraging Suffering and When Abandonment is Justified
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The Guilt of Indulging in Normalcy
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Abrupt Moorings
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An Ode to the Quiet Ones
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On Christmas
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The Sobering Effect of Bad Company: A warning for the unmarried
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Our Secretly Shared Personal Battles
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An Ode to the Silver Dial & a Dedication to Mathieu
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On the Plague that is Book Banning
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On Redundancy
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Welcome, You Are Loved
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One Year Since the Renewed Invasion of Ukraine: The Dismay of Witnessing Indifference
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Ode to the Hotel – July 2nd, 2022
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Vanessa Collier at the Chautauqua Suites in Upstate New York – July 1st, 2022
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The Privilege of Choosing to Be Distraught – June 25th, 2022
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Ode to the Novel – June 24th, 2022
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Managing Expectations When Considering Matters of Inertia in Journalism – June 21st, 2022
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Humanity and Being Humane – June 20th, 2022
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The Accumulation of Woes – June 17th, 2022
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Ode to the Camera – June 16th, 2022
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Uncontaminated Enthusiasm – June 15th, 2022
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A Necessary Change: An Introduction to this Blog – June 11th, 2022