#103 / March Sadness Matchup is CLOSE, And India Pics!
Quick update: I’m leading in the essay matchup, 130 to 118, with a little over 4 hours to go. Polls close at noon ET; if you know anyone else who’d like to...
#102 / March Sadness Round 2 Voting Is LIVE!
Hi again, If you're reading this, I managed to find time and a WiFi connection to click send on this pre-written note from India. So I hope you'll vote again...
#101 / Victory! And Other News
Hi friends! Thank you so much to everyone who read the March Sadness essays and voted in the contest. I’m pleased to report Neutral Milk Hotel cruised to a...
#100 / March Sadness Essay Is LIVE!
I wrote you a love letter.
#99 / Yes We Can
I’ve let another new moon drift by, but it’s OK, because I’ll likely be in touch with you again before the next one. My March Sadness essay is complete, and...
#98 / A Cold, Snowy Winter
Hello! I know I missed a new moon already. I was waiting to show you my book review, which published a few days after the new moon. Then I got busy writing...
#97 / New Moon Newsletter
Beginning a new cycle
#96 / Humansitting
One piece and one poem.
#95 / I Survived Everything
In which he discovers a title for his newsletter.
#94 / Some Very Difficult News
I used to really enjoy sarcasm. I still do, but I used to, too. (Hat tip to Mitch Hedberg.) The title of this email is, unfortunately, not sarcastic. Not...
#93 / Poems While You Wait
I've been invited to join a poetry collective! It's called Poems While You Wait¹—the group sets up shop at event spaces and writes poems for people on...
#92 / Time Flies
It is finally springtime in Chicago—more or less. It's warm out most days, but only if you're walking in the sun. My mom was recently in town and we visited...
#91 / Helping
Thoughts on difficult things in the news, and an announcement
#90 / Phone Problems
In which getting a new phone becomes weirdly emotional; plus, a cool metaphor
#89 / Hello Again
The problem when I don’t write for a while is that life just keeps happening. And the more things there are to write about, the less likely I am to write,...
#88 / Favorite Pastimes
Our caterpillars are back for Year 3! Officially, the pillars are our Pandemic Project™️. We've learned a lot from our experience thus far, and our operation...
#87 / Mothers' Day
Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there! And to everyone. I’ve just learned from the historian Heather Cox Richardson that the original version of...
#86 / Blossomings (Attempt No. 2)
I sent this last week, and several people reported that it went into their spam folders. I apologize if you've already read this—if so, please proceed with...
#85 / What To Do On Boxing Day
Until recently—okay, until this morning—I thought Boxing Day had something to do with the sport in which people pummel each other inside a ring. And I...
#84 / Self-Portrait
I saw Rembrandt walking down the street. I was sitting on my porch, watching the wind blow leaves down from the trees across the way. He was heading up to...
