I Never Come Home the Same Man

You ask me what to avoid above everything. Crowds — and I say that as someone who still cannot manage them either.

2026-10-13 · David H. Friedel Jr. · 10 min read

Hold Every Hour

You are not going to die one day. You have been dying the whole time, and most of it is already behind you.

2026-09-06 · David H. Friedel Jr. · 9 min read

Nothing Is Ours Except Time

You have all the letters now, Lucilius, and you want to know what they come to. Here is the whole of it, before we take it apart.

2026-08-25 · David H. Friedel Jr. · 10 min read

You Are Not in a Storm. You Are Seasick.

You asked me to name your disease. I can. And I should tell you at the start that the cure is not stillness.

2026-08-24 · David H. Friedel Jr. · 20 min read