On Not Being Moved: A Night at Petra After the Crowds Are Gone
A private journal from Petra by Night — not a travel review, but a Stoic reckoning with the vanity of spectacle and the useful gift of disappointment.
The Lost Long Island Duck Variations: WWI Rationing and the Potato Substitute
Four ducks changed everything. That is not hyperbole. In 1873, a handful of white Pekin…
Demystifying Bonac Clam Pie: The Historic East End Recipe Every Local Needs to Try
Pull up a chair at any table in the Springs section of East Hampton —…
Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous by George Berkeley — A Review
What George Berkeley accomplishes in three short conversations between two fictional men strolling through a…
The Primacy of Perception by Maurice Merleau-Ponty — The Body Knows First
Before you think, you perceive. Before you reason, you feel the floor under your feet,…
WWII Victory Garden Stew: Root Vegetables and the North Shore Ration Book
Eighty years ago, the North Shore of Long Island looked different. Not in geography, not…
