Ask the Apostate
How do I actually become a better person?
The short answer: stop adding virtues and start subtracting. A former cleric on pruning a fruit tree, and why growing well is mostly choosing what not to feed.
EssayWarming Cold Hands
Hands come back to you slowly at the stove: the ache, the itch, and the wisdom of holding them a little further off.
EssayTrimming the Wick
By morning the wick is a ruin; trimming it back to a clean edge is a small daily tending of the light.
Word, when there is word.