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The Breath in the Cedars
Notes on hearing light
Jul 11 • Gael MacLean

June 2026

The Birds Were Always There
Notes on Listening
Jun 27 • Gael MacLean
Why Am I Homesick for a Place I’ve Never Been
Notes on connection and the ground tone
Jun 6 • Gael MacLean

May 2026

A Failure of Imagination
Notes from inside a country that cannot see itself coming apart
May 9 • Gael MacLean

April 2026

Ding Dong, It’s Art Bell
The thinking is done for you
Apr 25 • Gael MacLean
We Are But Small Trees
Notes on evil, ordinary hands, and what we owe the children
Apr 18 • Gael MacLean
The Gaze
Notes on freaks, aristocrats, and who’s really looking
Apr 4 • Gael MacLean

March 2026

The Frequency
Notes on the screen as altar, a good heart’s corruption, and the twenty-mile drive that changed everything twice
Mar 21 • Gael MacLean
The Backseat Rapture
Notes on manufactured endings, the theology of destruction, and what the river was trying to say
Mar 14 • Gael MacLean
What Remains When the Words Run Out
Notes on anger, obligation, and what the shepherd does after the parable ends
Mar 7 • Gael MacLean

February 2026

The Throat That Never Closes
Notes on appetite, airlessness, and what the kitchen staff already knew
Feb 21 • Gael MacLean
The Creatures I Wanted to Speak To
Notes on Bosch, childhood vision, and the question of staying
Feb 14 • Gael MacLean
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