Author: DJB

Writing a present

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Sometimes others see things in your writing that are not always obvious as you put pen to paper.

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A summary of posts included in the MORE TO COME newsletter during August 2025.

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Gratefulness is a practice we can cultivate especially during times of despair.

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A nation denied knowledge of its past “cannot make sense of its present or imagine its future.”

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Experiencing the healing power of music.

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After reading a random work in a mystery series, I often return to the beginning: this time with Inspector Maigret.

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Joe Posnanski’s essay on the most recent soulless pronouncement from baseball’s commissioner.

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An excerpt from an upcoming review of Thomas Schiff’s extraordinary “Civic Architecture Across America.”

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When we train our focus we can work on things where we have influence.

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My conversation with Anna Scotti about her latest mystery “It’s Not Even Past.”