Note on My Unexpected Absence

On Death and Desire—and Active Love as an Antidote

Dear Readers:

This is not the kind of essay that you’re used to finding here. Instead, it’s an update on what’s been happening in my life over the past few weeks.

I expect to be back to more of a regular writing schedule later this month, but this newsletter will never be quite the same. The events of the past few weeks have been an impetus for me to dig deeper into many things—most of all myself. That includes re-evaluating the things that I want to talk and write about the most. You’ll get more, not less. It will be different in kind, not just degree.

If you’d like to know what’s been going on, please read on. Otherwise, I’ll be back in touch shortly with new developments about what I plan to do here (things that were in the works even prior to the events that have unfolded)—I think you’ll appreciate them.

Thanks for your patience. And thank you, as always, for reading.