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Category
Economy & Work
Writing on economic systems, labor, and vocation, and how the pursuit of True Will bears on how people work and provide for themselves.
On the Utility of a Junk Drawer
Every organized kitchen has one drawer that refuses to be organized. This is an argument that it is doing important work.
The Last Ledger of the Corner Grocer
For forty years the grocer kept a ledger of who owed what. Reading it now is like reading a census of trust.
The Telephone Exchange That Outlasted the Town
The switchboard operators are gone, the town they served is half its size, and the building still stands because no one has found a reason to need the lot more than the history.
Notes from the Last Diner on Route 9
The waitress knows the bypass will kill the place. She keeps the coffee coming anyway, on the theory that a good last year is still a year.
Why the Sequel Always Disappoints, and Why We Keep Watching
Nobody expects the sequel to be better. We watch it anyway, for reasons that have very little to do with quality and everything to do with company.
A Conversation with the Man Who Still Winds the Town Clock
The town clock could be automated in an afternoon. He climbs the tower every Sunday anyway, and has for thirty-eight years.
