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Requiem for negronis
On loving — and letting go of — booze.
Xander Beattie
California-based novelist who wrote "The President" (PRONK, 2025). Collector of fountain pens, secondhand books and swimming spots.
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A snow-globe weekend
Inhabiting snow country for a hot minute.
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Five years without Facebook
On attention, digital distraction, and finally embracing Freedom.
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Slouching towards Christmas
With the obligatory gift guide, and some year-end favourites.
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Mohair sweater weather
Falling into fall
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Coming up for air
In between assignments.
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When life gives you an artichoke
Yes, just one.
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Meeting ourselves where we are
Not having sent out a newsletter in too long has been nagging at me like a fly against a windowpane. Perhaps its for this reason that illustrator/author’s latest missive (her 200th!) struck a particular chord: I send a text message to someone saying that I’m trying to
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Feeling the blues
A swansong swim at Miller's Point.
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While things fall apart
Read "Middlemarch"?
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Life after death
A lesson in impermanence
A lesson in impermanence
RIP, Dad.