Jan 25, 2026
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15 min read
Emotional sobriety at the end of the world. Thomas Merton. Maggie Smith poem because why not. People to rally behind.
Jan 23, 2026
12 min read
Our readers write in and tell us how they go to bed each night.
Jan 20, 2026
17 min read
“I used to be a bit of a cocky jerk and judgmental asshole, but there’s nothing like a twenty-year heroin habit to knock some of the snot nose out of you.”
Jan 18, 2026
13 min read
A new prompt for this month. Buddhism Megablast! Pema/Kornfield. More Ram Dass.
Jan 16, 2026
6 min read
Maggie Smith is this month’s TSB Poet Laureate.
Jan 13, 2026
14 min read
A bookseller recommends a novel about suicide.
Jan 11, 2026
11 min read
On personal growth. Fav poem about the current apocalypse. Tolstoy in a pinch. Depresh Mode.
Jan 9, 2026
18 min read
Part Two of our January 2026 (!) check-ins.
TSB Check-Ins
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Jan 6, 2026
16 min read
New year, new check-ins.
Jan 4, 2026
10 min read
It's resolution, baby. Jenny Odell. Alan Watts. Jim Harrison . And David Duchovny.
Jan 1, 2026
To be sober or something sober-ish in 2026.
Dec 30, 2025
20 min read
The Best Days of 2025, as told by Small Bow readers
Dec 28, 2025
The art of comparing and despairing. Check-In prompts. Louise Glück.
Dec 26, 2025
“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?”
Dec 23, 2025
5 min read
A writing prompt to help you reflect.
