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On Metrics

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Dec 18, 2023

On Metrics

A brief bonus essay on the numbers (and feelings) that surround creative labor.

The Desk Book Club Picks for 2024 📚
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Book Club

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Dec 8, 2023

The Desk Book Club Picks for 2024 📚

All four, with a schedule.

What I’m Re-Reading

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Dec 4, 2023

What I’m Re-Reading

An important practice.

The Monthly Menu: Banana Smoothies and Mashed Potato Waffles 🧇
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The Monthly Menu

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Dec 1, 2023

The Monthly Menu: Banana Smoothies and Mashed Potato Waffles 🧇

November was very good to me.

On Reading As Restoration

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Nov 27, 2023

On Reading As Restoration

Reading 'A Life of One's Own' and writing 'No Meat Required.'

Cranberry-Orange Nut Bread
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Recipes

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Nov 17, 2023

Cranberry-Orange Nut Bread

With an orange-vanilla glaze.

How to Pitch ‘The Desk Dispatch’

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Nov 13, 2023

How to Pitch ‘The Desk Dispatch’

How and what to pitch me for the new contributor essay series launching in January.

38 for 38
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Nov 10, 2023

38 for 38

A list of 38 of my favorite things over 38 years, to celebrate my birthday.

On Gifts 🎁

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Nov 6, 2023

On Gifts 🎁

I’ve put together nine gift baskets based on nine food-loving archetypes.

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