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What is this place? Plus, readers' 15 favorite high-altitude essays.
Mar 29, 2023
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Chosen Places: Restoration in Upstate New York
Olivia takes us countryside.
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You can’t stand naked in this house - #196
Record-keeping in small towns.
Feb 1
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Cabin Notes: a very good door opens
Time to step through.
Jan 28
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Make the call
And keep calling.
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Questions to ask yourself this fall - #178
Aug 31, 2025
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Cabin Notes: three approaches to 2025
Jan 1, 2025
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An inconvenient life - #149
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6 things I won’t be caught dead doing in my 40s
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Cabin Notes: somewhere on the map
And a foggy mind ritual.
Jan 21
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This is not an essay about money - #195
How we decide what’s possible.
Jan 18
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Cabin Notes: what if
Wondering. Plus, a steadying meditation.
Jan 14
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When the house learned to obey - #194
I am once again begging for inconvenience.
Jan 11
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I live in a heart that is kind and bright and hopeful
19 years later, and it's still the only resolution that matters.
Jan 7
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6 things I won’t be caught dead doing in my 40s
40 years and 4 days.
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Chosen Places: a Town Hall in Belgium
Amber takes us into her renovation.
Dec 30, 2025
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