The crucible of the life cycle
Winter “is not the death of the life cycle, but its crucible.”
All posts tagged: Rebecca Solnit
From the bookshelf: October 2024
Each month I have a goal to read five books. Here are the books I read in October 2024.
Rejoice in possibilities
When politicians aspire to make you fearful and alienated, joy is a fine initial act of insurrection.
Draw from a well of common goodness
Wrestling with ways to respond to a politics of division.
Difficult is not the same as impossible
Learning to hold the “both/and” of human possibility.
“Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered”
Recent pieces by historians on democracy and politics as we enter an election year.
Adding clarity and perspective to our tumultuous news feeds
Heather Cox Richardson illuminates rather than obfuscates the chaos of the present moment.
Letter to the world
Where I discuss “why” this newsletter exists.
Working our way through the darkness
Anne Applebaum on how authoritarians are willing to destroy their countries to maintain power.
It is never too late to change the future
With best wishes for a hopeful, purposeful, and joyful 2022, as we work toward a better future.
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