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Lost in the Restaurant of the Universe

Where now contains every moment, and nothing ever arrives in the right order.

10 min readNov 5, 2023

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The Uninvited Sweater

Toward the end of his life, my father owned many pieces of clothing. This was definitely not one of them.

8 min readSep 5, 2023

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The Uninvited Sweater

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Close, But No Cigar Band

The curious, tobacco-inflected correspondence between my adolescent grandfather and Mark Twain.

10 min readApr 5, 2023

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Close, But No Cigar Band

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I Want To Be Someone Who Believes

A 20-year detour is long enough.

14 min readSep 7, 2022

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We Did Not, In Fact, Build This City on Rock and Roll

Aging, death and the lies of 1980s bubblegum music.

13 min readJun 30, 2020

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The Language(s) of Christmas

An old ornament emerges from a box with a story in many tongues.

4 min readDec 21, 2023

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The Language(s) of Christmas

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Father Christmas

I already knew there was no Santa. Then something challenged my abiding belief in disbelief.

9 min readDec 8, 2023

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‘Swimming in Grief’

A rejoinder.

5 min readDec 3, 2023

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Final Edition

After 58 years, the era of the newspaper ends at our house.

7 min readNov 21, 2023

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Card Stock

The tiny things we choose to remember can echo forward for decades.

3 min readOct 30, 2023

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Ted Anthony

1.92K Followers

Exploring and understanding storytelling and how it shapes our lives. My tools: Words, images, thoughts, memories, connections, history ... and, maybe, wisdom.

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