
Read Me Somewhere
By Todd Lyons

Read Me SomewhereDec 13, 2020

The Little Match Girl
It's been a difficult year but never a better time to reflect on the privileges you take for granted.
Farewell until the new year.
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The Curse of the Competent
What? Humblebragging isn't a new thing? Nope. People have been people since forever. And First World Problems? Since always.
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Going Nowhere
A man wonders if his existence has any meaning in the world.
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The Fifty-First Dragon
Where does courage come from? Does it matter?
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Sredni Vashtar
Repressed by his unloving caretaker, an ill child creates a mythological temple in his back yard. Persistence and quiet resolve in the face of oppression. Resistance done right.
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A Word for Autumn
There are many ways to mark the passing time. Why not vegetables?
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Two Friars
The Devil takes on the guise of a Holy Man in a ruse to possess the soul of a Good Friar. Memento mori.
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The Mowing of a Field
Some experiences are even more beautiful than your memory could hold as a youth.
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Beyond Life
What are we? Perhaps components of an unfinished world, being made into something quite unpredictable—though sustained by an instinctive knowledge that we are being made into something better.
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Bed-Books and Night-Lights
There's something ethereal and intimate about reading by candlelight.
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Stop for a Moment
...and reflect on who you are, where you're going, and who's at the controls.
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My Summer in a Garden
Gardening: the relaxing pastime that also puts food on the table—at least in theory.
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Living in the Country
Re-inventing yourself with a hobby farm can be transcendent. Or, source material for a situation comedy.
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Some Nonsense About a Dog
Loving a pet is both a gift and a sacrifice: priceless fulfillment for the eventual cost of letting go. Joyous years in return for terrible weeks. But I would do it all again—and have.
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The Tyranny of Things
The thirst to acquire new necessities that promise to improve our lives is nothing new, but do material comforts create simplicity?
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On Lying Awake at Night
Immerse your senses in the soothing calm of the forest at night.
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The Mutability Of Literature
To escape the noise and bustle of the school, a man seeks refuge in the library—where he experiences an unexpected encounter.
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The Power of Touch
Helen Keller reflects on the richness of her world and the comparative disability of five senses.
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