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Friday Open Thread (with increments)
Dear Friends, Much of my life I’ve been haunted by one of Zeno’s paradoxes: the observation that before one reaches a destination, one must reac…
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Amal El-Mohtar
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Friday Open Thread (with Names and Naming)
Dear Friends, Stu and I have been making a habit of going on one long walk a day together, and as spring pushes its way out of bare branches and…
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Amal El-Mohtar
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Friday Open Thread (with Change)
Dear Friends, It’s spring in Ottawa, and that means cycles of freezing and thawing, and I’ve been living that, a little. I’m so sorry to have mi…
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Amal El-Mohtar
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March 2021

February 2021

Friday Open Thread (with Rituals)
Dear Friends, Thanks to WandaVision Stu and I have settled into a weekly ritual that feels drawn from the Beforetimes: on Fridays I finish work …
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Amal El-Mohtar
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Friday Open Thread (with Recommendations)
Dear Friends, It’s been a bit of a strange week. Mercury’s in retrograde; miscommunications and crosstalk land with more heaviness and consequen…
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Amal El-Mohtar
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Friday Open Thread (with Travel & Cities)
Dear Friends, I purchased this book weeks ago, after being excited about it for further months, and was delighted to receive it today: Kathleen …
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Amal El-Mohtar
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Friday Open Thread (with Art & Artists)
Dear Friends, In some ways this week has been very difficult, and in others it has been very extraordinary, and the reason for the latter is art…
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Amal El-Mohtar
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Sine Q&A Non - February 2021
A wild feature returns!
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Amal El-Mohtar
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January 2021

Friday Open Thread (with Announcements)
Dear Friends, It’s the end of the week! Mine’s been a doozy and I can hardly believe it’s drawing to a close, but in kind of a good way, more on…
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Amal El-Mohtar
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Friday Open Thread (with Other People's Dreams)
Dear Friends, What a week; what a month! Term’s in full swing for me now, and the rest of January is chockablock with writing and teaching and Z…
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Amal El-Mohtar
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Not a Friday Open Thread (about Hades)
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Amal El-Mohtar
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