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"title": "Getting older, and facing the surprise", "url": "https://johnrakestraw.com/post/getting-older-and-facing-the-surprise/", "published_at": "2025-10-29T18:09:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0878f-a373-718e-b506-12c3396674f5", "title": "Getting older by surprise", "url": "https://johnrakestraw.com/post/getting-older-by-surprise/", "published_at": "2025-10-29T14:34:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0878f-a373-718e-b506-12c33a662062", "title": "Scrambling to catch up", "url": "https://johnrakestraw.com/post/scrambling-to-catch-up/", "published_at": "2025-10-27T19:36:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0878f-a373-718e-b506-12c33b1c61d5", "title": "Strange self emerging from strange self", "url": "https://johnrakestraw.com/post/strange-self-emerging-from-strange-self/", "published_at": "2025-10-27T14:18:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0878f-a373-718e-b506-12c33b69b785", "title": "Stories that tell a story of a man", "url": "https://johnrakestraw.com/post/stories-that-tell-a-story-of-a-man/", "published_at": "2025-10-27T14:17:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0878f-a373-718e-b506-12c33c426125", "title": "October 2025", "url": "https://johnrakestraw.com/reading/october-2025/", "published_at": "2025-10-22T19:35:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0878f-a373-718e-b506-12c33d13cb23", "title": "Retrospective conversion and a story of celebration", "url": "https://johnrakestraw.com/post/retrospective-conversion-and-a-story-of-celebration/", "published_at": "2025-10-08T13:55:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0878f-a373-718e-b506-12c33e0b5908", "title": "It's really not very simple", "url": "https://johnrakestraw.com/post/it-s-really-not-very-simple/", "published_at": "2025-09-30T14:24:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0878f-a373-718e-b506-12c33e9c3ce2", "title": "What Dan Read", "url": "https://johnrakestraw.com/post/what-dan-read/", "published_at": "2025-09-29T13:22:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0878f-a373-718e-b506-12c33edbc828", "title": "Still reading; still wondering what to read next", "url": 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Writing toward new meanings original ↗

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Writing is about walking ghosts original ↗

16 Jul 2026

Art matters original ↗

2 Jun 2026

Simone Weil: Living and dying in the face of injustice original ↗

18 Apr 2026

March 2026 original ↗

17 Apr 2026

Asceticism and sensuousness original ↗

4 Apr 2026

The irony of purposeful arguments against the existence of purpose original ↗

31 Mar 2026

You do not have my ideas!original ↗

29 Mar 2026

An ordinary mind on an ordinary day original ↗

27 Mar 2026

The violence of climate change original ↗

21 Mar 2026

No time to understand, but plenty of time for righteous wrath original ↗

14 Mar 2026

Tribology and phone screen time original ↗

13 Mar 2026

February 2026 original ↗

9 Mar 2026

Screen time report #4 original ↗

8 Mar 2026

Time change and changing times original ↗

7 Mar 2026

Reading a book: the burdens of commitment original ↗

5 Mar 2026

Screen time report #3 original ↗

1 Mar 2026

Emacs Carnival: Completion in Beancount Plain Text Accounting original ↗

27 Feb 2026

Screen time report #2a original ↗

23 Feb 2026

Authors and Books: Intersections on the outside, drawing me in original ↗

15 Feb 2026

Screen time report #2 original ↗

15 Feb 2026

The cleaving in Dickinson's mind, and the role of a teacher original ↗

15 Feb 2026

Who has ever experienced a successful day?original ↗

15 Feb 2026

Serious reading: deep engagement is self-fulfilling original ↗

13 Feb 2026

Live into a new way of thinking original ↗

13 Feb 2026

Thoughts on reading and the world I experience original ↗

12 Feb 2026

A quibble about notes: could we please put them at the bottom of the page?original ↗

10 Feb 2026

Authoritarianism as a response to external threats original ↗

10 Feb 2026

A cleaving in my mind original ↗

9 Feb 2026

Screen time report original ↗

8 Feb 2026

Stemming the tide, cutting the cordless original ↗

7 Feb 2026

Tagging the blog original ↗

7 Feb 2026

The cost of the decay of literacy original ↗

6 Feb 2026

Time passes, but the ephemeral survives original ↗

5 Feb 2026

The compromised freedom of intellectuals original ↗

4 Feb 2026

January 2026 original ↗

3 Feb 2026

Creativity depends on community and solitude original ↗

2 Feb 2026

Discoveries of the day original ↗

31 Jan 2026

Living with instead of living from original ↗

29 Jan 2026

Emacs Carnival: This year, I'll …original ↗

28 Jan 2026

Celebrating imperfection original ↗

27 Jan 2026

Toward utopia: the moral and psychological prerequisites original ↗

26 Jan 2026

A tiny experiment: daily blogging original ↗

25 Jan 2026

Commodified Community vs RSS original ↗

24 Jan 2026

Old things, and the people behind them original ↗

23 Jan 2026

Creativity: Where it comes from and where it leads original ↗

22 Jan 2026

Paying for search original ↗

21 Jan 2026

Plain text: portable data, portable workflow original ↗

20 Jan 2026

Why plain text?original ↗

19 Jan 2026

Another day; another search for something to write about original ↗

18 Jan 2026

For all you know, I could be a dog original ↗

17 Jan 2026

Whitehead again: the self as synthesis of the past and anticipation of the future original ↗

16 Jan 2026

If no one reads the words, do the words have meaning?original ↗

15 Jan 2026

Reading and writing in the chaos original ↗

15 Jan 2026

Reading trails and memory lapses original ↗

13 Jan 2026

Thinking together: citizenship and the web original ↗

12 Jan 2026

Totalitarianism and the elimination of political freedom original ↗

9 Jan 2026

Fossil fuels and authoritarianism original ↗

8 Jan 2026

Luxury doesn't mean freedom original ↗

7 Jan 2026

Boredom, daydreaming, and writing original ↗

6 Jan 2026

December 2025 original ↗

1 Jan 2026

2025

Medical lexicon: what's your complaint?original ↗

18 Dec 2025

Reading thick and thin original ↗

16 Dec 2025

The enduring power of anxieties original ↗

11 Dec 2025

Birth, death, and the abyss of unlearning original ↗

8 Dec 2025

Freedom for some but not for others original ↗

5 Dec 2025

My current reading and TBR lists original ↗

4 Dec 2025

Ephemeral world, ephemeral thoughts original ↗

3 Dec 2025

Whitehead again – this time on growth, good, and evil original ↗

3 Dec 2025

Burning the stuff but cherishing the memories original ↗

25 Nov 2025

Whitehead matters original ↗

24 Nov 2025

Memory and imagination original ↗

23 Nov 2025

A father's gift of a lifetime original ↗

22 Nov 2025

No disappointment can fully exhaust the reserve of hope original ↗

21 Nov 2025

Book collecting original ↗

21 Nov 2025

Another role for university: learning how to live original ↗

20 Nov 2025

Walls and surveillance in a troubled world original ↗

19 Nov 2025

Creating culture to avoid loneliness original ↗

18 Nov 2025

Thinking out loud about thinking out loud original ↗

12 Nov 2025

Emacs/elfeed discovery original ↗

7 Nov 2025

The death of the ad hominem original ↗

5 Nov 2025

November 2025 original ↗

3 Nov 2025

The destructive power of human "intelligence"original ↗

3 Nov 2025

Getting older, and facing the surprise original ↗

29 Oct 2025

Getting older by surprise original ↗

29 Oct 2025

Scrambling to catch up original ↗

27 Oct 2025

Strange self emerging from strange self original ↗

27 Oct 2025

Stories that tell a story of a man original ↗

27 Oct 2025

October 2025 original ↗

22 Oct 2025

Retrospective conversion and a story of celebration original ↗

8 Oct 2025

It's really not very simple original ↗

30 Sept 2025

What Dan Read original ↗

29 Sept 2025

Still reading; still wondering what to read next original ↗

28 Sept 2025

State of emergency, indeed original ↗

26 Sept 2025

Reading, intellect, emotion original ↗

24 Sept 2025

Emacs excitement original ↗

23 Sept 2025

Egregiously gregarious or gregariously egregious original ↗

13 Sept 2025

How much tree is in that book you're reading?original ↗

13 Sept 2025

Vice and virtue in fiction and the real world original ↗

11 Sept 2025

September 2025 original ↗

10 Sept 2025