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letting go
One perk of having a daughter is seeing certain tendencies in her that make it easier to forgive them in myself.
Jun 30 • 
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June 2024

you should probably have a kid
a letter to a friend
Jun 21, 2024 • 
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May 2024

mission
and the people you leave behind
May 6, 2024 • 
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February 2024

empathy hardware
and the lack thereof
Feb 29, 2024 • 
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covid year one
on becoming worse
Feb 1, 2024 • 
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December 2023

math team
and other horrible things you do to get into stanford
Dec 19, 2023 • 
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November 2023

parenting off-balance
Our daughter Gloria has been really fussy lately.
Nov 21, 2023 • 
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October 2023

the parks of new york and los angeles
In New York it feels like all the parks are smaller cutouts of Central Park: paved plazas with concrete fountains, lawns crisscrossed by asphalt walking…
Oct 17, 2023 • 
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September 2023

my mother's friends
life off of the treadmill
Sep 26, 2023 • 
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August 2023

gibson and inevitability
can we create, or just latch on?
Aug 16, 2023 • 
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why write
please explain my life to me
Aug 3, 2023 • 
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July 2023

uncertainty and marriage
a personal memento mori
Jul 26, 2023 • 
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