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John Conrad

The Sunday Read

the camera was rolling

Mar 1, 2026

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10 min read

the camera was rolling

I'll have the chocolate cake

John Conrad
John Conrad

The Sunday Read

the ones who never finished

Feb 22, 2026

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7 min read

the ones who never finished

out of the silence

John Conrad
John Conrad

The Sunday Read

the patent and the cathedral

Feb 15, 2026

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7 min read

the patent and the cathedral

on the shoulders of giants

John Conrad
John Conrad

The Sunday Read

mitfreude

Feb 8, 2026

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9 min read

mitfreude

at a loss for words

John Conrad
John Conrad

The Sunday Read

name the thing

Feb 1, 2026

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8 min read

name the thing

the power of a kind word

John Conrad
John Conrad

The Sunday Read

footsteps, like music

Jan 25, 2026

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8 min read

footsteps, like music

a rose is my rose

John Conrad
John Conrad

The Sunday Read

sundays too

Jan 18, 2026

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9 min read

sundays too

a deep gladness meets a deep hunger

John Conrad
John Conrad

The Sunday Read

the wrinkle in the socks

Jan 11, 2026

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9 min read

the wrinkle in the socks

and the blisters that follow

John Conrad
John Conrad

The Sunday Read

you are someone else

Jan 4, 2026

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12 min read

you are someone else

I am still right here

John Conrad
John Conrad

The Sunday Read

the borrowed poem

Dec 28, 2025

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11 min read

the borrowed poem

carrying on

John Conrad
John Conrad

The Sunday Read

the overview effect

Dec 21, 2025

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9 min read

the overview effect

on joy

John Conrad
John Conrad

The Sunday Read

let go or be dragged

Dec 14, 2025

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9 min read

let go or be dragged

the frightening prospect of empty hands

John Conrad
John Conrad

The Sunday Read

un petit cimetière

Dec 7, 2025

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8 min read

un petit cimetière

where we go with our troubles and failures

John Conrad
John Conrad

The Sunday Read

running on empty

Nov 30, 2025

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6 min read

running on empty

the games we play with our sleep

John Conrad
John Conrad

The Sunday Read

stick season

Nov 23, 2025

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7 min read

stick season

come home

John Conrad
John Conrad

The Sunday Read

a superseding kindness

Nov 16, 2025

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10 min read

a superseding kindness

when being nice fails

John Conrad
John Conrad

The Sunday Read

the editor who saved dinner

Nov 9, 2025

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6 min read

the editor who saved dinner

too-muchness

John Conrad
John Conrad

The Sunday Read

the greatest game

Nov 2, 2025

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12 min read

the greatest game

courage that doesn't feel like courage

John Conrad
John Conrad

The Sunday Read

pardon the interruption

Oct 26, 2025

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10 min read

pardon the interruption

the moment is yours

John Conrad
John Conrad

The Sunday Read

calluses

Oct 19, 2025

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14 min read

calluses

the nature of true grit

John Conrad
John Conrad

The Sunday Read

iron sharpens iron, but only at the right angle

Oct 12, 2025

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9 min read

iron sharpens iron, but only at the right angle

a word on rivalries

John Conrad
John Conrad

The Sunday Read

weak ties

Oct 5, 2025

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12 min read

weak ties

an antidote

John Conrad
John Conrad

The Sunday Read

changing, shade by shade

Sep 28, 2025

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7 min read

changing, shade by shade

two kinds of transformation

John Conrad
John Conrad

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