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The Variegated Life
On imagination, art, literature & the good life

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Dec
31
A runner smiling and half squatting, half kneeling beside a plaque that says New York City Marathon Est. 1970 Finish Line

a year in running

I don’t have to have any grand resolutions for the new year.
3 min read
Nov
26
black-and-white photo showing 3 women in 1930s dress sitting or standing around another woman on the telephone

skill issue

Where is my power? What do I know how to do?
5 min read
Aug
26
a view of a very blue lake with a rippled surface and mountains along the horizon beyond the other side of the lake

crossing the border

Some of what I listened to and read in August 2024
7 min read
Jul
12
the stakes

the stakes

It is no wonder that I would get a little cracked myself.
4 min read
Jul
01
my untamable tbr piles

my untamable tbr piles

Some of what I read in June 2024
3 min read
Jun
07
one year of romance

one year of romance

Most of what I read since May 2023
6 min read
May
14

an interlude

Another year of my life has passed.
3 min read
May
10
the loose, baggy monster

the loose, baggy monster

We should be suspicious of origin stories.
3 min read
May
01
the blue whale

the blue whale

Some of what I read in April 2024
4 min read
Apr
19
the nature of the fool

the nature of the fool

Is it a sign of his delusion or of his refusal to conform to the senselessness of his world?
3 min read