Fear
How to Slay Your Dragons
“The truth is, I have worked hard to not dislike myself so much, but I still worry, sometimes in an acute, frightened, little-kid way, about being too weird and maybe even scary.”
Fear
+3
Hit by a Truck
“I felt on-edge most of the time, but especially in cars. I was waiting for the next loud noise to rearrange everything.”
Fear
+3
Here for the Suffering
Learning how to live full in the catastrophe. Peaceful John. New tunes. And Pema, always Pema.
Fear
+1
How to Not Make Things Worse
On Personal Inventories. Marc Maron. Anger and the Stoics. New tunes for the playlist.
Fear
+2
Joyful Sorrows, Sorrowful Joys
Guilt about fear. "Protecting my peace." Leonard Cohen? More FEAR.
Fear
+1
Sometimes the Problem Is You
The Brat Pack meets The Four Agreements. Eve Babitz. Dreamy tunes and a ripping poem.
Fear
+2
How to Start Smoking
On annual physicals and my decaying body. Stephen Dunn, my hero. Pema and the Tao Te Ching. New gig at Slate!
Relapse
+5
How to Love the Worst Person in the World
More of The Past. A poem by Thomas Lux. Pema! The Far Side. Japanese proverbs. Other cool stuff.
Fear
+7
