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Take your wild and precious life seriously
From Mary Oliver to Thoreau, Western writers have urged attitudes which ignite the soul—but is it a recipe for suffering?
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Barcelona, the myriad city
America might feel like heaven for consumers—but here, there are far more (and cheaper) choices.
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August 2023
Moral equivalents of war
Manhood, hardship, Orwell, and Barbie. Plus, a time without cell phones
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The feeling that a move is temporary
Plus: travel writing, work, rest, leisure, and running my business from Europe
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My New Home: Barcelona
I'm excited to be here and start figuring things out—but I will also miss the community I am leaving behind
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July 2023
How to summarize a life story
Plus: one more week to Spain; how I got here, and whether I'm romanticizing it
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America's most powerful myth
With due respect to Heather Cox Richardson, America's best ideas aren't the radical declarations of equality from Jefferson and Lincoln.
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A philosophy of travel
Agnes Callard's New Yorker piece should prompt at least a little soul-searching
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June 2023
How much did my Spain property cost... really?
A full cost accounting: more than I'd hoped, for a variety for a variety of reasons
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May 2023
Paris in the 1920s vs. Lisbon today
Lots of intellectual ferment going on. Plus: my last week in Bethesda, MD, and the dangers of desynchronized work
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Why I write memoir
Also: I have my own 'Phoenix rising from the ashes' narrative—I just don't like telling those kinds of stories
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First week in the Spain house
Cleaning grime, fixing leaks, and demolishing the patio roof, plus: finding a routine in small village life
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