In Other Words...

Something We Get Used to...

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Gary Allen
Mar 01, 2025
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…as we get older. The things and people who make us who we are start to disappear. I like to think it’s nature’s way of gradually preparing us for our own disappearance. It doesn’t sound like optimism, but it does sound reasonable (even if the suggestion that “Nature” even has intentions is absurdly anthropomorphic).

What that means for me, as a writer, …

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