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A Bored Kid & a Famous Ceiling

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An Orphan & A European City

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Done > Perfect: Embrace Your Partial Solutions

4

A Drink with a Friend is Back... ☕️

5

3 Desires & a 14th-Century Headstrong Norwegian

6

A 14th-Century Boys’ School & a Myth of Sacrificial Love

7

A Magical Wardrobe & A 1953 Foul Ball

8

Fighting Dementors & 19th-Century Parables

9

Farm Life & Poor with a Pearl

10

A Girl with Power & a Powerful Woman

11

A Vietnam Vet Legend & a 20th-Century Russian with Amnesia

12

Childhood Mythology & the Greatest Medieval Epic

13

Take a Regular Internet Hiatus (Yes, You!)

14

Community Reaps Character

15

Feasting Always Follows Fasting

16

Dating: You Don't Have a Type

17

"Finding what you love"

18

"A reason, a season, & a lifetime"

19

"We're an embodied work"

20

"I'll write a prayer for myself"

21

"A stewardship of the past"

22

"It gives meaning to survival..."

23

A Rule of Life is a good idea

24

"What kind of bookshop are we gonna be?"

25

"That's my native wilderness"

26

"It's not Christmas yet"

27

"I'm so ready for Advent"

28

"Slow down & pay attention"

29

"We are the weirdos"

30

"Specialize in being you"

31

"We're not on a timeline"

32

"You're gonna grow so much"

33

"How patristic is polyester?"

34

"Constantly making small adjustments"

35

"I want to be part of this"

36

"It was a great summer"

37

Blue Water Highway

38

Objectively Good Art

39

Making a Novel & Podcast

40

Working With Our Hands

41

Making Things

42

Localism

43

Revisiting the 100-Mile Radius

44

The Noonday Devil

45

Flourishing & Acedia

46

You Are a Tree

47

Rooted

48

Asking Those Reflection Questions

49

Good Stuff to Read, Watch, & Listen To

50

The Gift of (& Need for) Advent

51

Third Places

52

The Deep Down Things

53

You Should Like This, Too

54

A Case Against (& For) AI

55

Fragile Objects

56

Ignatian Bookends

57

Good Finales

58

Fiction is More Real Than Non-Fiction

59

Love What Lasts

60

Things We'd Tell Our Younger Parenting Selves

61

Why is Seth Catholic? Part 2

62

Why Switch to a Dumbphone?

63

Why is Tsh Catholic? (Part 2)

64

Why Hope in the Midst of Despair?

65

Why Screwtape Letters?

66

Bonus: Why Go on a Pilgrimage?

67

Why Read Classics to our Kids?

68

What Were Our First (Paper) Loves?

69

Lex Orandi, Lex Vivendi

70

Why Cold Showers? And No Dairy?

71

Happy Holidays!

72

Bonus: What’s it Like Writing a Book With Your Son?

73

What’s Delighting Us?

74

What is the Liturgical Calendar?

75

Why is In-Person Community Better Than Virtual?

76

Why Should You Go to Ireland?

77

Why is Seth Catholic? (part 1)

78

Why Leave Instagram?

79

The Genesis of Gender

80

Why is Italy so Great?

81

What’s Good About Summer?

82

Why Publish New Classics?

83

6 Months in a 100-Mile Radius

84

6 Months Away From Social Media

85

In Praise of Hobbies

86

Quick Announcement

87

Why is Tsh Catholic? (part 1)

88

Six More Good Things

89

Now What?

90

Why Travel Matters

91

1,000 True Fans

92

Slower

93

A 100-Mile Radius: Update

94

I Guess I Haven’t Learned That Yet

95

A Social Media Fast: Update

96

Six Good Things

97

The 7 Vices & Virtues

98

The War in Color

99

Loving Things Unironically

100

What’s on Tap