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constellations #84: things i consumed this week

Hi again. In the early days of constellations I used to take inspiration from and/or rip off other newsletters’ formats with some frequency. (For…

Aug 24 •

July 2023

constellations #83: ringing endorsements

Hi again. For this month’s installment of the newsletter: a group effort, by way of a set of ringing endorsements. While my inbox fills up with emails…

Jul 24 •

June 2023

constellations #82: revisiting

Hi again. I hope June is treating you well. I’ve been a little adrift this month — unfocused, no real discernible theme to report on. (A tweet I saw…

Jun 24 •

May 2023

constellations #81: ode to diet coke

Hi again. When I was a kid, we lived down the street from this woman who was the first woo-woo person I ever met. Maybe that’s not quite right; mostly…

May 24 •

April 2023

constellations #80: a working life

Hi again. For the last week or so, the only song I’ve wanted to listen to is “Fireworks” by Mitski. It has long been one of my favorites from her, a…

Apr 24 •

March 2023

constellations #79: two poems for spring

Hi again. Sending you a short missive this month because I am dealing with some personal things. Anyway here is a poem by Molly Brodak: In the Morning…

Mar 24 •

February 2023

constellations #78: lies and language

Hi again. Are you a good liar? A loaded question, as in: Do you use lying for good? But also, are you good at telling lies? As in: Are they believable…

Feb 24 •

January 2023

constellations #77: my grudges hold me

Hi again. Recently I got this TikTok video in my feed about the supposed need, around my age, to have in your pocket at all times a fascinating…

Jan 24 •

December 2022

constellations #76: twenty-twenty-two

Hi again. I rang in 2022 in a place that feels like the end of the world — or at least the end of Massachusetts. Matt and I woke up on Cape Cod and…

Dec 31, 2022 •

constellations #75: 2022 in frame

Hi again, I hope you made it through the solstice intact (or, if not, that you were changed for the better). Last week, a few days ahead of the shortest…

Dec 24, 2022 •

November 2022

constellations #74: phases and cycles

Hi again. A period of nineteen years, or 235 lunar months, is called a metonic cycle. This means the new and full moons (and all the other phases of the…

Nov 24, 2022 •

October 2022

constellations #73: return to peak foliage

Hi again. I hope you’re doing well. What a month! I spent fully half of the nights since we last spoke sleeping someplace that is not the city where I…

Oct 24, 2022 •

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