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Benjamin Franklin on true happiness and the two ways of attaining it themarginalian.org/2013/01/17/ben…
Kiss – Ellen Bass's stunning poem about the courage of tenderness as an antidote to helplessness themarginalian.org/2025/07/26/ell…
“Tenderness is the most modest form of love. It is the kind of love that does not appear in the scriptures or the gospels… It appears wherever we take a close and careful look at another being, at something that is not our ‘self.’” Superb read: themarginalian.org/2022/11/21/ten…
Carl Jung, born 150 years ago today, on creativity themarginalian.org/2025/04/09/car…
Carl Jung was born 150 years ago today. The story behind and the proper context of his famous "do the next right thing" dictum for navigating uncertainty: themarginalian.org/2021/12/07/car…
“The sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.” Carl Jung, born 150 years ago today, on life and death themarginalian.org/2012/03/13/mem…
The invention of synchronicity – how Carl Jung (born 150 years ago today) and Nobel-winning physicist Wolfgang Pauli (who was once his patient) bridged mind and matter themarginalian.org/2017/03/09/ato…
“There is only one solitude, and it is large and not easy to bear…People are drawn to the easy and to the easiest side of the easy. But it is clear that we must hold ourselves to the difficult.” Rilke on solitude, sex, and creativity themarginalian.org/2021/06/29/ril…
Oysters are such overlooked, fascinating creatures, their natural and cultural history entwined with the story of the world themarginalian.org/2021/08/06/oys…
The unbearable lightness of being a mystery to ourselves – Milan Kundera on the key to great storytelling themarginalian.org/2021/08/12/mil…
Problems vs. questions – Anton Chekhov on how (not) to be a writer and the essence of creative work themarginalian.org/2021/08/31/che…
Open House for Butterflies – remembering beloved children's book author Ruth Krauss, born on this day in 1901, with her final and loveliest collaboration with Maurice Sendak themarginalian.org/2013/07/25/rut…
This is fascinating: The music of trees – improvisation, iteration, and the science of immortality themarginalian.org/2021/09/03/old…
The beach and the soul – pioneering aviator Anne Morrow Lindbergh on the benedictions of the sea themarginalian.org/2024/06/13/ann…
“Look under the bed for poetry.” Born on this day in 1901, poet Ruth Krauss became one of the most beloved children's book authors of the century. Long after her death, this lovely unpublished book was discovered and freshly illustrated: themarginalian.org/2019/10/30/roa…
In this season of the beach, Rachel Carson on the ocean and the meaning of life themarginalian.org/2021/06/07/rac…
Nobel laureate Elias Canetti, born 120 years ago today, on death and what makes life worth living themarginalian.org/2025/06/19/eli…
Winnicott on the qualities of a healthy mind and a healthy relationship themarginalian.org/2024/08/19/win…
A Life of One's Own – uncommonly insightful century-old field guide to knowing what you really want and living with unselfconscious authenticity themarginalian.org/2017/10/11/a-l…
I was just reminded of this lovely little gem from more than a decade ago: How to Stay Sane themarginalian.org/2013/02/05/how…
