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Tomorrow is a Rest Day... and Other Lies.

Don't put off the rest you need today, for an imagined rest tomorrow.

2 min read Jan 7

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For Auld Lang Syne!

Odin's farewell to 2023, ruminations on the pandemicine, and a suggestion for the year ahead.

5 min read Dec 31

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Odin Wishes You a Merry Christmas!

With a Christmas film recommendation and a book about cheese.

6 min read Dec 25

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Happy Solstice from Odin!

Shadow-purposes, Baldur's Gate, and more.

7 min read Dec 18

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From Odin, 2023's Penultimate Newsletter... or is it?

Details on format changes, news from the world, big updates on my novel and writing, lots of video content, and more!

9 min read Dec 5

Politics

Henry Kissinger — The Wicked Witch is Dead

On the nature of centralized power’s inevitable corruption.

3 min read Nov 30

Review

Without the Cliff by Caitlin Coey — A Review

Childhood traumas, reflections, and poetry for a brighter world.

2 min read Nov 26

Review

Killers of the Flower Moon

Critiques, genius, and how art can change the world. When I was nine years old, my parents gave me a couple of books to read: Dee Brown’s Bury My Heart at Woun

5 min read Nov 21

Pandemic

Holding Onto the Future

What really robbed us wasn’t the pandemic. I just finished reading a poignant article by Rachel Hislop entitled “Testing My Fertility at the End of My World”.

4 min read Nov 16

Libraries

Libraries on the Front Line: Amazon and the Last of the Big Fish

How the big five paved the way for Amazon’s predation and the enshittification of publishing. There can be no question on this issue: electronic books provide

4 min read Nov 11

Holidays

Carl Sagan Day 2023

Our shared humanity is visible in the light of the stars. Today is Carl Sagan day, and I am stirred, as always, to take a moment to pause, look toward the heav

3 min read Nov 9

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Happy Halloween from Odin!

Inktober, what's next, and some Deep Thoughts

6 min read Oct 20