The Rare Ones Pick Up a Pen
The science of expressive writing: why putting painful experiences into words changes your relationship to the past and how to start in 20Read More
Jean-Paul and the Rifle He Had No Business Picking Up
I met a man in a field in Normandy. His name was Jean-Paul. In 1944, he was a boy in the French Resistance.Read More
The Odyssey, Reimagined: Why the Next Great Storytellin
One of the greatest stories ever told was perhaps first lived… or perhaps first imagined. We may never know. There may have beenRead More
The Cha Gio Trail: Decades of Chasing the Perfect Vietn
From Germaine's in Washington, DC to hidden courtyards in Provence, a lifelong search for the perfect cha gio became a journey through memory.
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The Cafe That Wasn’t Ready for Us (And Then Was)
We stumbled into a small Norman cafe between shifts. When we came back, the kitchen was open. One of the great seafood mealsRead More
Seanchaí: The Ancient Art of Keeping Someone Alive Thr
Before there was writing, there was the Seanchaí — the Irish keeper of stories, the person who held a community's memory alive throughRead More
When History Catches Up With Fiction: Venezuela, Dictat
One of the quiet shocks of following world events is how often they feel familiar — not because we’ve lived them before, butRead More
The Application Layer Is Underinvested
There’s a line I keep coming back to in Andrew Ng’s recent thinking on AI: the application layer is underinvested. Not misunderstood. NotRead More
From Havana to Caracas: How Revolutions Echo Across the
How Cuba and Venezuela reveal the long echoes of revolution — and why historical fiction like Havana Famiglia helps explain what headlines miss.
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We Are Going to Die
Living a meaningful life means choosing experiences, connection, growth, and risk over comfort and distraction—knowing time is finite.
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