Archive - Dry Notions

Witnessing history unfold in Rome

Jul 8 •

Letters to a Suffering Friend

On Choosing to Confront Your Pain

Jul 1 •

May 2025

The Death of a Pope

Reflections after the death of Pope Francis

May 6 •

February 2025

The Monk, the Wanderer, and Me

Reflections on Caspar David Friedrich’s Paintings (Currently on Exhibition in New York)

Feb 18 •

January 2025

Breaking Free from the Cycle of Fear

How Fitness Helped Me Reclaim My Life While Living with Chronic Pain

Jan 27 •

What I Read in 2024

Some highlights from the 52 books I read in 2024

Jan 21 •

December 2024

18 Years in Chronic Pain

Reflections on Suffering, Loneliness, and Hope

Dec 17, 2024 •

Unplugging, Refocusing, and Preparing

Dec 2, 2024 •

November 2024

I Need to Be a Better Citizen

We don’t just need better leaders. We need better citizens. Americans, collectively, need to work on ourselves.

Nov 5, 2024 •

September 2024

Suffering and Surrender: The Wisdom of Marcus Aurelius and Fr. Walter Ciszek

How a Roman Emperor and a Roman Catholic Priest Teach Us to Embrace Suffering and Find Peace

Sep 18, 2024 •

July 2024

Chronic Pain and Conversion

Called to Conversion - A talk on conversion delivered in Geneva

Jul 24, 2024 •

The Most Difficult Thing I’ve Ever Done

Reflection on completing a week-long fitness bootcamp in Thailand.

Jul 18, 2024 •

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