Unlikely Blooms

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Fear of Flowering
It is much harder to do this than I thought it would be.
May 9, 2023 • 
Peter Thomas Wendell
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Thingification: Redux
I really wish that the themes addressed in my posts on Thingification and Faith and Prejudice hadn’t become so immediately relevant.
Oct 1 • 
Peter Thomas Wendell
Narcissus and Pandora
When Narcissus found the box, he was enchanted.
Sep 11 • 
Peter Thomas Wendell
Faith and Prejudice
I was listening the other day to a podcaster I have enjoyed for some time named Coleman Hughes, who, coincidentally, grew up in the town I did, albeit…
Sep 3 • 
Peter Thomas Wendell
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Thingification
Thingification
Aug 18 • 
Peter Thomas Wendell
If Only
If only it hadn’t rained. If only my hair were curly. If only I weren't fat, old, afraid. If only I had been given what I deserved. If only. If only Man…
Jul 1 • 
Peter Thomas Wendell
After Dessert
“Intoxicating!” I announce as I begin to explore what is laid before me. Porcelain, fine linen, perfumes, delicate filigrees, mysterious articulations…
Jun 15 • 
Peter Thomas Wendell
A Most Unlikely Bloom
For my dear friend, Harif.
Jun 10 • 
Peter Thomas Wendell
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Unlikely Blooms
Unlikely Blooms
As long as I was the Wooden Boy I could pull my own strings. But the boy of Flesh and Blood Was moved by other things.
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