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September 24, 2025

illustration by Naomi Butterfield Just as an object takes fire and is consumed, so is the world of desires consumed and destroyed after death […] It might...

January 29, 2025

illustration by Stephen Pellnat Only The fool, fixed in his folly, may think He can turn the wheel on which he turns. --T.S. Eliot, Murder in the Cathedral I...

I Like Every Minute of the Day

November 27, 2024

illustration by Sarah McNeil Sometimes loneliness hits me like a hammer; I'll want to fall to the ground and start gnawing at the concrete. Other times, it's...

The Physician Laughed

October 31, 2024

illustration by Stephen Pellnat I first met Annette when she brought her son Cody into my office; he had been fussy, complained of headaches, and experienced...