Reviewing the game tapes | Seth’s Blog
Reviewing the game tapes | Seth’s Blog A long time ago, football coaches realized that watching previous games was a good way to help players […]
C.S. Lewis on How to Be Interesting – The Marginalian
Our lives are defined not by what we have but what we give — on what and whom we spend our energy and time, how […]
The Souls of Animals – The Marginalian
“They do not sweat and whine about their condition,” Walt Whitman wrote of the other animals, “they do not lie awake in the dark and […]
The emotions of voting | Seth’s Blog
The emotions of voting | Seth’s Blog Futility: It might feel like it doesn’t matter.Fear: Of choosing wrong, or doing it wrong.Responsibility: It isn’t given, […]
Love in the Time of Dinosaurs – The Marginalian
In 1824, studying a set of large fossil bones discovered in a quarry near Oxford two centuries earlier, the English theologian, geologist, and paleontologist William […]
May Sarton’s Stunning 1938 Ode to Solitude – The Marginalian
“The best things in life happen to you when you’re alone,” artist Agnes Martin reflected in her final years. “Oh comforting solitude, how favorable thou […]
The Hallmark dilemma | Seth’s Blog
The slogan is “when you care enough to send the very best.” But more accurately, it’s “when you don’t care enough to be on the […]
Michael Pollan on Radical Gardening and the Insurgent Botanical Origin of the Broomstick in Flying-Witch Legends – The Marginalian
“Oh that beloved witch-hazel,” Emily Dickinson wrote to her cousins in 1876 as she tended to her famous garden, “one loved stalk as hearty as […]
Some of the Simplest, Most Difficult and Redemptive Life-Advice You’ll Ever Receive – The Marginalian
“Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself,” Kahlil Gibran wrote in his poignant verse on […]
Be careful what you wish for
Be careful what you wish for | Seth’s Blog At a recent Q&A, a small businessperson asked how to get clients to be more alike, […]
