Read Me Somewhere
By Todd Lyons
Leave the present behind and escape to another place, another time, a different frame of mind. #ReadMeSomewhere
The Little Match Girl
It's been a difficult year but never a better time to reflect on the privileges you take for granted.
Farewell until the new year.
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08:44
December 13, 2020
The Curse of the Competent
What? Humblebragging isn't a new thing? Nope. People have been people since forever. And First World Problems? Since always.
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04:23
November 29, 2020
Going Nowhere
A man wonders if his existence has any meaning in the world.
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11:06
November 15, 2020
The Fifty-First Dragon
Where does courage come from? Does it matter?
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19:46
November 01, 2020
Sredni Vashtar
Repressed by his unloving caretaker, an ill child creates a mythological temple in his back yard. Persistence and quiet resolve in the face of oppression. Resistance done right.
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13:06
October 18, 2020
A Word for Autumn
There are many ways to mark the passing time. Why not vegetables?
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07:22
October 04, 2020
Two Friars
The Devil takes on the guise of a Holy Man in a ruse to possess the soul of a Good Friar. Memento mori.
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12:46
September 20, 2020
The Mowing of a Field
Some experiences are even more beautiful than your memory could hold as a youth.
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24:19
September 06, 2020
Beyond Life
What are we? Perhaps components of an unfinished world, being made into something quite unpredictable—though sustained by an instinctive knowledge that we are being made into something better.
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19:04
August 23, 2020
Bed-Books and Night-Lights
There's something ethereal and intimate about reading by candlelight.
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15:20
August 09, 2020
Stop for a Moment
...and reflect on who you are, where you're going, and who's at the controls.
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12:05
July 26, 2020
My Summer in a Garden
Gardening: the relaxing pastime that also puts food on the table—at least in theory.
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21:23
July 12, 2020
Living in the Country
Re-inventing yourself with a hobby farm can be transcendent. Or, source material for a situation comedy.
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25:13
June 28, 2020
Some Nonsense About a Dog
Loving a pet is both a gift and a sacrifice: priceless fulfillment for the eventual cost of letting go. Joyous years in return for terrible weeks. But I would do it all again—and have.
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11:26
June 14, 2020
The Tyranny of Things
The thirst to acquire new necessities that promise to improve our lives is nothing new, but do material comforts create simplicity?
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17:05
May 31, 2020
On Lying Awake at Night
Immerse your senses in the soothing calm of the forest at night.
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12:23
May 17, 2020
The Mutability Of Literature
To escape the noise and bustle of the school, a man seeks refuge in the library—where he experiences an unexpected encounter.
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23:27
May 03, 2020
The Power of Touch
Helen Keller reflects on the richness of her world and the comparative disability of five senses.
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14:56
April 22, 2020