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September 2021

The Firewood 013: The pizza rat race
This has nothing to do with Pizza Rat but I can never not give him a nod
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Caroline McCarthy
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April 2021

The Firewood 012: The Lotus-Eaters
On trying to face down reality in a place that feels fake.
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Caroline McCarthy
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January 2021

December 2020

The Firewood 010: For the cat people
This week, I hit the road with Minerva. Here's what I've learned: Don't make any real plans, except for where you're staying for the night.
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Caroline McCarthy
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The Firewood 009: The Paint
You're not getting a Why I'm Leaving New York essay from me this week, and here's why.
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Caroline McCarthy

November 2020

The Firewood 008: Reservoir
Humans have a tendency to both make the world go faster and make it slow down. We're not really very good at either.
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Caroline McCarthy
The Firewood 007: Weird vibes only
On how our energy can affect one another -- even though I really don't have any good answers for what to do about it.
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Caroline McCarthy
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October 2020

The Firewood 006: Lorem ipsum
There's just one thing for you to read this week, and it wasn't written by me.
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Caroline McCarthy
The Firewood 005: Cougartown
What do a viral video of a mountain lion and a series of tragic deaths on a peak in Maine have in common? Maybe nothing, but maybe not.
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Caroline McCarthy
The Firewood 004: Legal liaBOOlity
I can't resist a good ghost story, so here's one that's really scary: It's about how you can get sued if you try to sell a haunted house in New York
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Caroline McCarthy
The Firewood 003: Peakbagging Peekamoose
Say that 5 times fast. This time, we go into the ethics of expensive bragging-rights mountain hikes, and I try really hard to not talk about my…
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Caroline McCarthy
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