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Pilgrim's Progress
A revisited offering on the Thanksgiving story.
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The Road to Clarity
Or, conducting a quest on a trickle charge.
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Far Out and Close In
Thoughts on the Overview Effect, the power of stories, and the value of a single life.
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Making and Unmaking a Golem
I’ve been making a golem. This screen is the lump of clay; now I’m trying to find the right words to breathe life into it. Last week I stumbled across a post on AI that got me thinking about golems again. Then I fell into Alice Hoffman’s
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Chapter 5: The Game of Terror
Tariq and Amna's Story
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The Weight of Civilization
Driving south with a carful of books.
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Chapter 4: The Pivotal Mission
Tariq and Amna's Story
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Chapter 3: Pizza and War, Cake and COVID
Tariq and Amna's Story
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Rereading Charlotte's Web as Charlotte
Thoughts on International Women's Day
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Chapter 2: Vigilance in Dangerland
Tariq and Amna's Story
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Tariq and Amna's Story: An Introduction
Tariq’s prison cell is close to 110 degrees, and the only water is so hot and brackish that it's almost impossible to gag down. Three days is the longest the human body can survive without water, and that is how long he has been captive here, measuring
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The Sailmaker's Daughter
170 years ago, a teenage girl wrote about the contrast between fine weather and cruel times.