AJD Is founder and editor of The Small Bow.
Emotional sobriety at the end of the world. Thomas Merton. Maggie Smith poem because why not. People to rally behind.
A new prompt for this month. Buddhism Megablast! Pema/Kornfield. More Ram Dass.
Maggie Smith is this month’s TSB Poet Laureate.
On personal growth. Fav poem about the current apocalypse. Tolstoy in a pinch. Depresh Mode.
It's resolution, baby. Jenny Odell. Alan Watts. Jim Harrison . And David Duchovny.
To be sober or something sober-ish in 2026.
The art of comparing and despairing. Check-In prompts. Louise Glück.
“I have let go of many things but wonder what fears remain. What do I hold on to for protection that is actually imprisoning me?”
A writing prompt to help you reflect.
The most popular essays from a year that definitely happened, and is, I promise you, almost over.
Updates on the changes to our newsletter platform. Plus the usual Sunday recovery rundown.
TSB’s Poet Laureate Club returns. This month’s poet: Sydney Lea.
Plus the usual rundown: Philip Larkin. Thomas Merton. Thich Nhat Hanh.
TSB Podcast
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“I wasn’t sure from moment to moment whether I was enjoying myself or not. I kept asking myself if I was doing something I didn’t want to do, or doing something wrong.”
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