Archive - A Delicate Bloom of Learning

I felt nervous about staying in a cabin, located off a dirt road, alone in the Maine woods.

Nov 9, 2024 •

September 2024

Storing September

After a month of sunny late summer days, a storm was rolling in from the Great Plains, as if to mark the transition from summer to fall.

Sep 23, 2024 •

My Substack Summer

What I read in Summer 2024

Sep 21, 2024

August 2024

Apparently, a Delicate Bloom of Learning is a perennial not an annual.

Aug 11, 2024 •

May 2024

Under the Magnifying Glass Is Back

After a long break, I am resuming the Under the Magnifying Glass newsletter that I started in April 2021.

May 3, 2024 •

November 2023

Crushing a Delicate Bloom of Learning

Michaelmas term 2023 ends this week and so does “A Delicate Bloom of Learning.”

Nov 29, 2023 •

Virtual Silence

When you live alone, there are many hours of silence.

Nov 11, 2023 •

October 2023

September 2023

Returning to Oxford

Welcome to the new subscribers who joined over the summer.

Sep 8, 2023 •

August 2023

Open the Box: Take the Puppets Out, Dust Them Off, and Set Them on Their Feet

This is the beginning of a story—but not my story—it’s Fugui’s story.

Aug 11, 2023 •

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