A note before you start. This one comes with a song called Both Words. Put it on while you read if you like, or save it for the end. Either way it belongs to the piece. Their anniversary was Thursday, and I missed it, which is how this started. I went digging through my phone for pictures of the we…

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The Butterfly That Wouldn't Leave

2026년 8월 9일

♪ This one comes with a song, “Butterfly Lane.” Linked at the end. ♪ We were finishing a business meeting at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History; Jonah was our host when he asked if we had a few more minutes. We checked our watches, the way you do when you are trying to look responsible, an…

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Got Your Back

2026년 8월 2일

🎧 This one's also up as an episode. Hit play above, or keep reading below. “Got your back.” That’s what Harnoor said, hand on my shoulder, thirty seconds before we walked out to do something neither of us had done in front of an audience before. Just the two of us. Two-prov, the form where there’s …

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The Photographs Weren't Mine

2026년 7월 19일

A note before you start. This one comes with a song called None of It Was Mine. If you’d rather listen first, the link is at the end. Two hours into the lesson, I’m standing next to my wife in a room that used to be a dry cleaner’s, except none of it is real. There’s no dry cleaner. There are no ph…

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You're In

2026년 7월 14일

A note before you start. This one comes with a song called Knock Twice. Read first and let the song land after, or listen first and let it open the door. Either order works. I get on a video call with a stranger named Patrick Phillips, and the first thing I learn is where he’s sitting. A coworking …

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