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The magic of moss and what attention to it teaches us about the art of attentiveness to life itself themarginalian.org/2015/05/13/gat…

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"The hardest thing of all to see is what is really there." Magnificent read: themarginalian.org/2024/05/09/bak…

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Raising Hare – the moving story of how a helpless creature helped a workaholic wake up from the trance of near-living and rewild her soul themarginalian.org/2025/05/28/rai…

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Hermann Hesse on the 3 types of readers (which one are you?) and the most transcendent form of reading (what have you read in this way?) themarginalian.org/2016/07/11/her…

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The dandelion and the meaning of life – G.K. Chesterton, born on this day in 1874, on recovering the "forgotten blaze or burst of astonishment at our own existence" themarginalian.org/2022/06/12/g-k…

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Gorgeous vintage illustrations for Aesop's fables, which remain some of the best moral philosophy our species has devised themarginalian.org/2013/09/04/aes…

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The story of the remarkable forgotten woman who solved the ancient mystery of the argonaut, pioneered the aquarium, and laid the groundwork for the study of octopus intelligence themarginalian.org/2022/12/26/jea…

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The most valiant way to complain is to create – William Blake and the stubborn courage of the unexampled themarginalian.org/2022/06/18/wil…

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Stunning century-old illustrations of Tibetan fairy tales from the artist who created Disney's Bambi themarginalian.org/2023/05/11/jac…

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We take it for granted that we can instantly reach anyone anywhere in the world. But a century ago, it was a triumph against space, time, and cultural barriers for two great minds and great spirits to connect in a meaningful way across the globe. themarginalian.org/2014/08/21/leo…

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Henry Miller on friendship and the relationship between creativity and community themarginalian.org/2022/10/07/hen…

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Lessons in not letting criticism sink your soul from Walt Whitman, born on this day in 1819 themarginalian.org/2019/01/03/whi…

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"I should suffer with gentleness... And above all: think for myself." 19-year-old Simone de Beauvoir's resolutions for a life worth living themarginalian.org/2025/02/17/sim…

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"Talent is insignificant. I know a lot of talented ruins. Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck, but most of all, endurance." Baldwin's advice on writing (which applies to so much more): themarginalian.org/2016/02/08/jam…