PinnedTed Anthony·Jul 16, 2025The Mask of LifeNotes on a father dead for a decade.A response icon4A response icon4
PinnedTed Anthony·Jul 19, 2024The Unlikely Afterlife of My Father’s Hi-FiIt emerged from the bowels of our garage, bringing a bit of him back with it.A response icon17A response icon17
PinnedTed Anthony·Nov 5, 2023Lost in the Restaurant of the UniverseWhere now contains every moment, and nothing ever arrives in the right order.A response icon2A response icon2
PinnedTed Anthony·Apr 5, 2023Close, But No Cigar BandThe curious, tobacco-inflected correspondence between my adolescent grandfather and Mark Twain.
PinnedTed Anthony·Jun 30, 2020We Did Not, In Fact, Build This City on Rock and RollAging, death and the lies of 1980s bubblegum music.A response icon19A response icon19
Ted Anthony·Apr 25In Praise of the MangosteenNot a mango. Not even a steen. Far, far better — and harder to describe.
Ted Anthony·Nov 11, 2025The Edmund Fitzgerald and the ‘Ladder of Abstraction’How a renowned shipwreck produced an almost perfect lesson in storytelling.
Ted Anthony·Mar 5, 2025Burgers and BonesMy great-great-great-great-great aunt would like to order a Double Whopper with cheese, please.
Ted Anthony·Sep 21, 2024After the Boys of Summer Have GoneWhen nothing is at stake, September baseball on the radio offers its own unique comforts.
Ted Anthony·Aug 8, 2024Snakes, Nuts and the Perfect Practical JokeWhen the prank is not a prank, it’s the best prank of all. A tiny life lesson.A response icon1A response icon1