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Did you know that Grief has a twin? Around here, she does. Some have even sat in her lap. Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe

All local histories contain curiosities—even when absence tells most of the story. Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe

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Modern living requires more deliberate lines in the sand if you're not to get swept up by modernity. Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe

Where does St. George get his courage from? The same place we get our own. Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe

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Was the hand upon the stone ever present? Or rather, did it ever leave? Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe

There are things that should be explored this season—from the elevated to the everyday. Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe

Our favorite personifications may or may not have turned to specters, but the land has reliably remained the same. Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe

We still have the option to feel our existence, rather than analyze it. We just need to know where to go.  Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe

"The Blue Mountains are walking," Dogen said. But Gary Snyder reminds us that the Blue Mountains are also pumping gas, whether you believe it or not. Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe

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Uncle Ray knew it better than anyone: October’s got big lightning-rod energy. Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe

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There's no greater cure for doomscrolling, political nonsense or feeling inadequate online. But we've got to relearn how to see first. Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe

We don't often think of this time of year as a great balancing of the ledger like we used to. Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe

The world's too strange to brave it alone. But then again, it always has been. Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe

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We can't understand today's stories without maintaining those that have been handed down to us. Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe

I am not philosophy’s biggest fan. I’d perhaps feel differently if I didn’t first have my fill of it, but I think it’s pretty obvious we can have too much of a good thing. Too much unpacking, analysis and abstraction creates distance between ourselves, and turns people into unsolved problems to either be dealt with or avoided. I’m more of a myth guy. Find yourself in a heated political disagreemen...

Some say you can never go back again. Others suggest you can never leave. Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe

Our axis is soon to tilt again. Do we still know it when it happens? Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe

This is still a land of everyday heroes, provided we know where to look. Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe