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And I Choose the Rooms That I Live in With Care

Reflections on the new year, Vermont, and Leonard Cohen

Jan 9 • mads

Marcovaldo and the Atypical Dreamer

random thoughts on Italo Calvino's novel

Nov 7, 2025 • mads

Cain and Abel and Doomsday Prepping

September reads

Oct 1, 2025 • mads

Finally Finishing The Grapes of Wrath

and other July and August reads

Sep 1, 2025 • mads

It's Good to Be Hot in the Summer

The last song on Annie DiRusso’s debut album, Super Pedestrian, is titled “It’s Good to Be Hot in the Summer.” Living in a home without air conditioning…

Jul 30, 2025 • mads

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