the mind of benj wesley 16: year in review
I have tried many times to update this newsletter, but perhaps this afternoon I will succeed, because it is the last day of A.D. 2022. In my last newsletter,...
the mind of benj wesley 15: what does a hardcover mean
what does a hardcover mean? August and September may simply be the months for me to read and write. (Yes, it's October now, but I started writing this at the...
the mind of benj wesley 14: cross-country trip
In the time since my last newsletter, I broke up with the woman I was not actually dating (well, she broke up with me, but it was my fault)got the vaxxy...
013: interview with singer-songwriter harrison lemke
A blessed Good Friday to you! For this edition, I am thrilled to introduce you to a Very Special Guest: Harrison Lemke, a Catholic folk musician hailing from...
the mind of benj wesley 12: in memoriam
In recent years, I've had two friends—or something-like-friends—who were in the latter half of their octogenarian years. Both died in the past few months....
the mind of benj wesley 11
It has been two weeks three weeks (far too long!) since my last newsletter, in which I once again strayed from simple updates about my life into a multi-...
the mind of benj wesley 10: the possible ghoulishness of retroactively ascribing sacrificial meaning to death
odds and ends In last week’s newsletter, I mentioned listening to “Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?” by Moby. My friend Keith Long took the trouble of sending...
the mind of benj wesley 09: keanu reeves convinced me to read hamlet
Correction: in my last newsletter, I said that five college friends and one college acquaintance got married this summer. I have begun slowly re-inserting...
the mind of benj wesley 08: due to a numbering error there was no 07
Greetings to you — friends, family, loyal (perhaps even disloyal?) subscribers — from me, Benjamin Wesley. It's been eight months since my last newsletter,...
the mind of benj wesley 06: perhaps i should stop watching movies
I am afraid that I have betrayed my past self again. No matter: it was a whim anyways. One month, two months, something-like-that ago, I watched the 2016...
the mind of benj wesley 06: if i may be candid for a minute, again
if i may be candid for a minute (again) Luke insisted I come on a hike with him. I hardly know why; it's certainly not the sort of activity I would ever...
the mind of benj wesley 05: the goodness of cars
I'm afraid I'm still sitting on, I believe, over 8,000 words of unsent drafts for this newsletter that I haven't yet figured out what to do with. I'm...
the mind of benj wesley 04: armageddon
Hello, dear subscribers! I do hope you haven't forgotten about my newsletter, but if you did, that's understandable—seeing as this is only my fourth email in...
The Mind of Ben Wesley #3: if i could be candid for a minute
real slugboi hours who up Imagine, if you will, That this night is the seed From which the earth will soon suffer great rupturing roots. For such it ever was...
The Mind of Ben Wesley #2 (or #4, depending on how you count it)
Hi friends! Well, would you look at this mess. I attempt to start a "newsletter," send out one 15-page edition in January, and don't send any more updates...
The Mind of Ben Wesley #1: i am the sum of the books and the movies i own
to begin, something of a disclaimer: So, fun fact, I did some statistical analysis of the several people who subscribed to this newsletter, and a full 41% of...