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f?”</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*8f79e8I9v6rEttuq)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="eaaa"><a href="undefined">Anna da Silva</a> has a harrowing ride on the Irish Sea:</p><div id="2d4b" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/sailing-into-trouble-b418e4189ff2"> <div> <div> <h2>Sailing into Trouble</h2> <div><h3>A memory of a nail-biting journey</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*EKJdDRom11k4Vb1C8Nl0yg.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="6986"><a href="undefined">Aimée Gramblin</a> finds solace by the river:</p><div id="a7ee" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/when-im-feeling-hopeless-and-lost-i-go-to-the-river-for-nourishment-431169d31574"> <div> <div> <h2>When I’m Feeling Hopeless and Lost, I Go to the River for Nourishment</h2> <div><h3>A 5 things photo essay</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*[email protected])"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="a09c"><a href="undefined">Nikki Tate</a> wrote a book about dying and living:</p><div id="27d8" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/what-writing-a-book-about-death-and-dying-taught-me-about-life-and-living-5aca24a5e9c1"> <div> <div> <h2>What Writing a Book About Death and Dying Taught Me About Life and Living</h2> <div><h3>My mother died before her time. She was young — sick, already, at the age I am now. Dead before her 65th birthday…</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*abrpvU4edGin7cwCZdY9hg.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="b976">And we’ll end with

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<a href="undefined">Michael Whalen</a> writing about snow from Thailand:</p><div id="6d2a" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-winters-of-upstate-new-york-e9e0c9b2bd06"> <div> <div> <h2>The Winters of Upstate New York</h2> <div><h3>Who knew there were so many kinds of snow?</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*WD7ySARgHB3DtBCLd9Jn8g.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="6f8c">If you’d like to read a few of my essays, you might enjoy these:</p><div id="ac5b" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/misreading-can-be-entertaining-4d66ab683735"> <div> <div> <h2>Misreading Can Be Entertaining</h2> <div><h3>(I know, I know, I’m easily entertained.)</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*7VpgJw3PMMzS0I2q)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="a9f2" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/gratitude-for-simple-things-85b68d871bdf"> <div> <div> <h2>Gratitude for Simple Things</h2> <div><h3>Today . . . a Handmade Delivery Bag</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*Xz0kQnYcGyIEePRTLofSJg.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="acd1" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/trying-to-remember-my-childhood-over-50-years-ago-185e74e20815"> <div> <div> <h2>Trying to Remember My Childhood, Over 50 Years Ago</h2> <div><h3>It’s Not True That the Distant Past Is Crystal Clear</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*KHdjomkfE4pB-rQg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

Fave Essays I Read Week Ending 10/24

Essays on lockdown in Vietnam, kindness, the Void, the Irish Sea, a river, dying & living, and amusing New York snow

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We’ll begin with Larisa Andras sitting out the Great Pause in Vietnam:

Vincent Van Patten faces pain and receives kindness:

Sneha Sivaramakrishnan looks into the Void:

Anna da Silva has a harrowing ride on the Irish Sea:

Aimée Gramblin finds solace by the river:

Nikki Tate wrote a book about dying and living:

And we’ll end with Michael Whalen writing about snow from Thailand:

If you’d like to read a few of my essays, you might enjoy these:

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