Archive - Consider the Spider with Julie Metz

Barely Controlled Chaos

A garden and the state of our union.

Jul 11 •

I have been away from Substack but will return soon.

Jul 4 •

June 2025

Do We Really Need More Babies? Part Two

Further thoughts on reproduction

Jun 13 •

May 2025

Do We Really Need More Babies?

A few thoughts on pro-natalism

May 30 •

Excavation and the art of letting go

May 23 •

Cassandra vs. Sean

In defense of too-young women

May 16 •

April 2025

Learning while teaching

A trip to Florida

Apr 25 •

War in Val d’Orcia

Iris Origo’s vivid and timely wartime diaries

Apr 18 •

The beauty and tedium of a functioning democracy.

Apr 11 •

March 2025

The House in Maine, Part 2

Useful distractions

Mar 28 •

And some men who wrote them. (Includes spoilers)

Mar 14 •

We Can Do Hard Things

And other thoughts about America in this moment.

Mar 7 •

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