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In praise of rabbit holes
"When I grow up, I want to be just like Chris Wong ." I know, I know coming from a nearly 60 year-old man this sounds facetious, but in a…
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Creating online doesn't have to be lonely
I was sprawled on all fours. It was my first Yoga class. My Downward Dog looked more like doing a push-up. I glanced sideways to the much more poised…
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What IKEA taught me
Dear David, This substack wouldn’t exist without Write of Passage. I’m learning so much, even as I am retaking the class. I look forward to every one of…
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Live in the Future Now
My wife gently chides me about my shiny $3 Temu handheld food slicer. Instead of slicing the long strip as I feed it, the scallion flops under the…
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April 2023
IF stuck THEN zoom in OR out
"Life is a fractal," I tell my brother. He's the world traveler who has observed Emperor Penguins waddling in Antarctica and been inside musty old tombs…
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January 2023
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Learning, narratives, time and halloween
I just finished Write of Passage, a writing course conducted on Zoom. The amazing thing is I felt I was learning more in the last 5 weeks than any 5…
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Pieter Levels is leveling up again
If you come across a time traveler on Twitter, what questions would you ask? This is how I feel about Pieter Levels aka @levelsio Levels predicts that…
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Allow students to fix that C to an A!
My daughter was crying after school. She had flubbed her math test. Math was her favorite subject in middle school. Now, she hates math. How did it come…
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