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![AVAILABLE ON PODCAST Anchor.fm Spotify iTunes In the wake of recent events regarding the tragic death of George Floyd and the ensuing protests, this letter seems more relevant than […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-13-at-6.20.43-PM-36x36.png "On Becoming Sheepdogs, a Modern Fable")
On Becoming Sheepdogs, a Modern Fable
Posted on June 13, 2020 | 1 CommentAVAILABLE ON PODCAST Anchor.fm Spotify iTunes In the wake of recent events regarding the tragic death of George Floyd and the ensuing protests, this letter seems more relevant than […]
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![AVAILABLE ON PODCAST SPOTIFY ITUNES ANCHOR.FM THE TROLLEY PROBLEM The Trolley thought experiment, first put forth by the philosopher Philippa Foot, pits two schools of moral thought against each other: […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-17-at-10.13.35-PM-36x36.png "Are We Killing the Fat Man? The Corona Trolley Dilemma")
Are We Killing the Fat Man? The Corona Trolley Dilemma
Posted on April 18, 2020 | 14 CommentsAVAILABLE ON PODCAST SPOTIFY ITUNES ANCHOR.FM THE TROLLEY PROBLEM The Trolley thought experiment, first put forth by the philosopher Philippa Foot, pits two schools of moral thought against each other: […]
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![AVAILABLE ON PODCAST Spotify Anchor.fm iTunes Today’s letter is for high school seniors, for my son and his classmates, for my friends’ children, for Andrew and for Allie and for […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-23-at-6.52.13-PM-36x36.png "For the Class of 2020 During the Pandemic, a Poem and a Mother’s Wish")
For the Class of 2020 During the Pandemic, a Poem and a Mother’s Wish
Posted on March 23, 2020 | 4 CommentsAVAILABLE ON PODCAST Spotify Anchor.fm iTunes Today’s letter is for high school seniors, for my son and his classmates, for my friends’ children, for Andrew and for Allie and for […]
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On Literature Archive
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![Fun, colorful, classic. The first two clash with the third, because when we think of classic, especially in fashion, we think modest, elegant, subdued. Designer Kate Spade made the trio possible […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Screen-Shot-2018-06-13-at-10.23.42-AM-115x115.png "A Remedy Much Desired – Suicide & Three Poems by Max Ehrmann")
A Remedy Much Desired – Suicide & Three Poems by Max Ehrmann
Posted on June 13, 2018 | No CommentsFun, colorful, classic. The first two clash with the third, because when we think of classic, especially in fashion, we think modest, elegant, subdued. Designer Kate Spade made the trio possible […] -
![April is National Poetry Month, which makes sense. If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?* And here is spring, eluded and long postponed by wintry flurries and storms, yet […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Ehrmann-Desiderata-115x115.jpg "Things Desired – Desiderata by Max Ehrmann")
Things Desired – Desiderata by Max Ehrmann
Posted on April 9, 2018 | 2 CommentsApril is National Poetry Month, which makes sense. If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?* And here is spring, eluded and long postponed by wintry flurries and storms, yet […] -
![WINTER SOLSTICE There are sunnier days ahead! The days are getting longer with the winter solstice just past. Day length on December 22 is two seconds more than yesterday in […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-23-at-12.08.33-AM-115x115.png "Fruitcake & Friends & Truman Capote")
Fruitcake & Friends & Truman Capote
Posted on December 23, 2017 | No CommentsWINTER SOLSTICE There are sunnier days ahead! The days are getting longer with the winter solstice just past. Day length on December 22 is two seconds more than yesterday in […] -
![The Man Behind the Gentleman My town library invited bestselling author Amor Towles to speak at its annual fundraiser and luncheon. He made a living in finance for decades […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/amor-towles-gentleman-in-moscow-mr-115x115.jpg "On Music & Parental Advice – A Gentleman in Moscow – Amor Towles, the Man Behind the Gentleman")
On Music & Parental Advice – A Gentleman in Moscow – Amor Towles, the Man Behind the Gentleman
Posted on November 10, 2017 | No CommentsThe Man Behind the Gentleman My town library invited bestselling author Amor Towles to speak at its annual fundraiser and luncheon. He made a living in finance for decades […] -
![The Little Free Library (LFL) is up, in the yard, along the road, by the wooded end of our lot. It is full of books of all kinds, fiction, non-fiction, young […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/IMG_4576-115x115.jpg "Little Free Library – Charter # 46480 – For the Love of Reading")
Little Free Library – Charter # 46480 – For the Love of Reading
Posted on September 12, 2017 | 3 CommentsThe Little Free Library (LFL) is up, in the yard, along the road, by the wooded end of our lot. It is full of books of all kinds, fiction, non-fiction, young […] -
![Quain was in the habit of arguing that readers were an already extinct species. [Babylon Lottery, Ficciones] Then Bioy Casares recalled that one of the heresiarchs of Uqbar had stated […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Borges-115x115.png "The Labyrinth, the Mind, the Imagination – Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges")
The Labyrinth, the Mind, the Imagination – Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges
Posted on August 25, 2017 | No CommentsQuain was in the habit of arguing that readers were an already extinct species. [Babylon Lottery, Ficciones] Then Bioy Casares recalled that one of the heresiarchs of Uqbar had stated […] -
![I’ve been reading a lot for grad school, a dozen plus books in a short time, some of which I’d read already, like this one. So yep, graduate school, ME […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IMG_5644-115x115.jpg "Revisiting a Classic – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald")
Revisiting a Classic – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Posted on July 21, 2017 | No CommentsI’ve been reading a lot for grad school, a dozen plus books in a short time, some of which I’d read already, like this one. So yep, graduate school, ME […] -
![Word of the day: a cephalophore is any of a group of Catholic martyrs who were supposed to carry their heads in their hands. Also: The family of mollusks with distinct heads. […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Summer-2011-868-115x115.jpeg "Keep Chirping – Poetry & What Divides Us")
Keep Chirping – Poetry & What Divides Us
Posted on April 28, 2017 | No CommentsWord of the day: a cephalophore is any of a group of Catholic martyrs who were supposed to carry their heads in their hands. Also: The family of mollusks with distinct heads. […] -
![I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. Jorge Luis Borges When I travel I visit local bookstores, often the highlight of a trip. Footnotes from the World’s […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Daedalus-bookstore-115x115.jpg "A Lifetime in Books – Sandy’s List – Daedalus’s Bookseller")
A Lifetime in Books – Sandy’s List – Daedalus’s Bookseller
Posted on March 2, 2017 | 1 CommentI have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. Jorge Luis Borges When I travel I visit local bookstores, often the highlight of a trip. Footnotes from the World’s […] -
![If any man should ask you how the name Antoninus is written, would you, with a straining of voice, utter each letter? What if the questioner grew […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Screen-Shot-2017-02-19-at-9.49.11-PM-115x115.png "Can You Just Spell Your Name? Meditations by Marcus Aurelius")
Can You Just Spell Your Name? Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Posted on February 20, 2017 | No CommentsIf any man should ask you how the name Antoninus is written, would you, with a straining of voice, utter each letter? What if the questioner grew […]