A year of reading & writing

reflecting on what 2025 was

Dec 28, 2025 • Tommy Dixon

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The Folly of Christmas

OR: your humble investigator tries to find the meaning of this weird December holiday

Dec 13, 2025 • Tommy Dixon

116

30

16

November 2025

Text remains the loveliest medium

A love letter to the written word

Nov 29, 2025 • Tommy Dixon

123

3

32

The graveyard walk

About once a week, I walk through an old graveyard near my house.

Nov 15, 2025 • Tommy Dixon

149

30

31

October 2025

How to end your extremely online era

A somewhat practical guide

Oct 25, 2025 • Tommy Dixon

13,818

163

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The remains of the day

In his journal, Thomas Merton played a game where he would think back to where he was a year ago, write out what he could remember, then keep going…

Oct 3, 2025 • Tommy Dixon

28

10

1

September 2025

I can't help but feel writing about life detaches me from living it

1.

Sep 13, 2025 • Tommy Dixon

159

28

49

August 2025

Long distance thinking

“I sit beside the fire and think

Aug 23, 2025 • Tommy Dixon

154

31

31

July 2025

Why I am Christian again

I sought the Lord, and he answered me.

Jul 26, 2025 • Tommy Dixon

319

93

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May 2025

How to make bread (and other things too)

sort of about bread

May 10, 2025 • Tommy Dixon

160

15

35

April 2025

Seasons of loneliness

The other day, my roommate asked me whether I'd want to spend a day doing something I like alone, or doing something I dislike but with someone I love.

Apr 26, 2025 • Tommy Dixon

361

54

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life and fate and inches

vignettes to live by

Apr 12, 2025 • Tommy Dixon

106

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