14
Oct
Book report for September 2026
Letter No. 153: Includes not so much reading, which is awkward.
1 min read
Dale Keiger
Essayist, photographer, walker, ciotóg.
29
Sep
In the garden of found quotes
Letter 152: Includes mordant humor, trenchant observations, and perhaps one too many mentions of unpleasant coughing.
3 min read
13
Sep
Book report for August 2026
Letter No. 151: Includes an unusual number of DNFs. And some owls.
2 min read
03
Sep
Commonplace book, pg. 4 — On paying attention
Letter No. 150 [!!!]: Includes poets, critics, a naturalist, and an economist/cognitive scientist, which you don’t meet every day.
2 min read
13
Aug
Noted in Montana 23 years ago.
Letter No. 149: Maybe the laziest letter yet. At least there’s literary precedence.
2 min read
11
Aug
Book report for July 2026
Letter No. 148: Includes more essays, some tough settlers, and a superfluity of Midwestern common sense (a little goes a long way).
2 min read
30
Jul
U of Paris Class of 1215 accused of doing nothing but learning
Letter No. 147: Includes Aristotle and Boethius, the vice of simony and the lice of Egypt, and drunk Englishmen with tails.
5 min read
17
Jul
Book report for June 2026
Letter No. 146: Includes a spy, a designer, a murderous robot, and a dead Dead songwriter.
3 min read
15
Jul
Cal Flyn will rewild your mind
Letter No. 145: Includes ghastly scenes recounted, redemptive rewilding, and Dr Essai’s unrestrained admiration.
5 min read
07
Jul
What the well-unread man has not been reading
Letter No. 144: Includes a highly irregular number of examples of Dr Essai’s ignorance.
5 min read