Sublime

Beckett still puts his big hand on the top of my head when we’re in parking lots like he’s afraid I’m going to run directly into traffic. I’m twenty-six years old.

Maria Popova, who writes the popular site The Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings), spends her days reading old books and essays. She’s passionate about finding ideas, beauty, and wisdom in these texts and then connecting them in her own unique conversation with the world.

Augean

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The lean-to by the dam, home to lost virginities. The cliff trail named for the old woman who hiked it every day until she fell to her death. The teenage daughter who disappeared for nine months, and when she returned, the family announced they’d adopted a distant relative’s baby. The late-night poker games after which ashen-faced men would toss em