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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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edgar allan poe Archive
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![Does she or doesn’t she? Do you recognize this from the 1956 ad campaign? Does it elicit unsavory thoughts? This Hall-of-Fame advertising slogan was used for Clairol’s Hair Color and […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-25-at-12.35.08-AM-115x115.png "Poetry Dinner Night – A Quarantine Scene")
Poetry Dinner Night – A Quarantine Scene
Posted on April 25, 2020 | No CommentsDoes she or doesn’t she? Do you recognize this from the 1956 ad campaign? Does it elicit unsavory thoughts? This Hall-of-Fame advertising slogan was used for Clairol’s Hair Color and […] -
![Marginalia as a word may bring forth varying associations, but focus on the first two syllables for its meaning, as opposed to the last. Readers write in books along the margins, […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Twains-Plutarch-marginalia-115x115.jpg "Marginalia – Notes in Books – To Write or Not To Write?")
Marginalia – Notes in Books – To Write or Not To Write?
Posted on February 5, 2015 | No CommentsMarginalia as a word may bring forth varying associations, but focus on the first two syllables for its meaning, as opposed to the last. Readers write in books along the margins, […] -
![I visited Rochester, Minnesota last week and stayed at the Ivy Lodge where the brothers William and Charles Mayo once resided. Often confused with the Mayowood Mansion, today the lodge is the […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Safety-for-the-dead-115x115.jpg "Taken for Dead – Edgar Allan Poe in Minnesota – a True Tale")
Taken for Dead – Edgar Allan Poe in Minnesota – a True Tale
Posted on October 28, 2014 | 1 CommentI visited Rochester, Minnesota last week and stayed at the Ivy Lodge where the brothers William and Charles Mayo once resided. Often confused with the Mayowood Mansion, today the lodge is the […]