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May
19
Meme captioned "a good book can change your life": wee men walk under a tented copy of Time War & emerge as Nicholas Wolfwood

The Twelve Days of Bigolas Dickolas Wolfwood

Dear Friends, Previously, on Amal Content: A lot has happened since then. I truly struggle with how to talk about
5 min read
May
09
Screenshot of my tweet reads "I do not understand what is happening but I am incomprehensibly grateful to bigolas dickolas"

I tried to title this post for twenty minutes and failed

Dear Friends, What's this! Another newsletter, so fast on the heels of the last? Forgive me – it'
3 min read
May
06
Cherry plum branches, their new green leaves glowing with light against a blue sky and fluffy white clouds.

Letter of News: Star Wars, New Column, Many Links

Dear Friends, I've found it so difficult to write a newsletter lately. So much has happened since last
5 min read
Mar
17
Snowy train tracks flanked by trees under a blue sky, with the city of Toronto silhouetted in the distance.

Suddenly, Toronto

Dear Friends, I've written before about how much hospitality means to me, and how double-edged is my engagement
3 min read
Mar
06
Against a blurred snowy background, close up on five drops of water clinging to a thorny horizontal red-green branch.

Letter of News: Early March Link Roundup

Dear Friends, I'm writing this from yet another white-out day of constant snow and craving a little more
3 min read
Mar
02
A skeletal winter tree foregrounded against pure blue sky, with two silhouetted crows perched towards the top right branches.

AugurCon Keynote 2022: Up With the Birds

Dear Readers, What follows is the transcript – edited and condensed for clarity – of a keynote talk I was invited to
26 min read
Feb
27
Close up on a pinecone ornament dangling from a bare branch on a bright sunny day against a snowy background.

Letter of News: Columns of Witches Dressed as People

Dear friends, February's felt uncharacteristically long, and I think it's mostly been the snow. But today
5 min read
Feb
04
A fresh-baked sourdough boule, slashed such that a square of concentric flour circles sits decoratively atop the loaf.

Fresh Out of New Years

Dear Friends, I've often said that I feel there should be one full month between the end of
4 min read
Nov
29
A tangle of black branches blanketed in snow over a riverbank bordered by snow-topped boulders and tall snowy grasses.

Letter of News: Columns and Keynotes

Dear Friends, This is not the newsletter in which I talk about Twitter being gutted by a billionaire buffoon, or
5 min read
Sep
15
The sky meeting the sea in daylight, light blue against dark blue.

Wayward Missives

Dear Friends, I’m writing from the ocean. That’s probably incorrect, but it’s what it feels like: sky
2 min read
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