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The Garden We Carry
Even now, late in the season, the soil remains willing
Feb 22
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John Patrick Weiss
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To What Do We Owe the Dead?
A first visit, sixty-one years late
Feb 15
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John Patrick Weiss
69
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Dinosaurs in the Casino
Mercy among lost bets
Feb 7
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John Patrick Weiss
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January 2026
The World Needs a Hermit in the Woods
Small forests inside us
Jan 31
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John Patrick Weiss
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At the Edge of Leaving
Where a life finally begins to move
Jan 24
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John Patrick Weiss
95
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The Hog's Breath Inn
Memory and sanctuary in Carmel-by-the-Sea
Jan 17
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John Patrick Weiss
85
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The Sanctuaries That Sustain Us
The places we go, and the people we keep, when the world grows cold
Jan 11
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John Patrick Weiss
69
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This Once Mattered
Attention, effort, and the threads we cut
Jan 4
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John Patrick Weiss
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December 2025
To Endure Without Spectacle
Time does not pause out of courtesy
Dec 27, 2025
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John Patrick Weiss
85
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The Case for the Unoptimized Life
Creation is an act of self-rescue
Dec 20, 2025
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John Patrick Weiss
93
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To Dance with the Barn Owl
A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer
Dec 17, 2025
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John Patrick Weiss
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Before the Doors Close for Good
That we remember who we are
Dec 13, 2025
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John Patrick Weiss
95
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