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1 friendship,
2 letters per week
An exploration of writing, conversation, collaboration, and curation.
Rog & Shinch
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August 2024
Aug 9, 2024
Week 193: False Walls & Noodling Hours
Aug 9, 2024
Aug 3, 2024
Week 192: Hunks & Heckling
Aug 3, 2024
July 2024
Jul 27, 2024
Week 191: A Person Of Interest & I Read Fiction!
Jul 27, 2024
Jul 20, 2024
Week 190: Scrappy Selves & Hustling
Jul 20, 2024
Jul 12, 2024
Week 189: Molting & Calendaring
Jul 12, 2024
Jul 5, 2024
Week 188: Familiar Spaces & Stress Dreams
Jul 5, 2024
June 2024
Jun 28, 2024
Week 187: Buzzy Brain & Shit Sandwich
Jun 28, 2024
Jun 21, 2024
Week 186: Hangout Spots & Touristy Delights
Jun 21, 2024
Jun 14, 2024
Week 185: Mystery Pains & Next-Level Shit
Jun 14, 2024
May 2024
May 24, 2024
Week 184: Fluidity & Feeling the Sting
May 24, 2024
May 17, 2024
Week 183: Snakeskins & Saturation
May 17, 2024
May 10, 2024
Week 182: Red Sneakers & Raw Aliveness
May 10, 2024
May 3, 2024
Week 181: Mental Exercise & Friday Funk
May 3, 2024
April 2024
Apr 26, 2024
Week 180: Deep Dialogues & Death Links
Apr 26, 2024
Apr 19, 2024
Week 179: Pre-Tirement & Sharenting
Apr 19, 2024
Apr 12, 2024
Week 178: Recognition & Resistance
Apr 12, 2024
Apr 5, 2024
Week 177: Ogling & Waning
Apr 5, 2024
March 2024
Mar 29, 2024
Week 176: Barf-Catching & Fear-Facing
Mar 29, 2024
Mar 1, 2024
Week 175: Barriers & Crossroads
Mar 1, 2024
February 2024
Feb 23, 2024
Week 174: Rest & Raw Dough
Feb 23, 2024
Feb 16, 2024
Week 173: Magic & Freefall
Feb 16, 2024
Feb 9, 2024
Week 172: Chapters & Blessings
Feb 9, 2024
Feb 2, 2024
Week 171: Restarting & Rekindling
Feb 2, 2024
December 2021
Dec 31, 2021
Week 170: Flying Off the Jump & The Lesson of the Letters
Dec 31, 2021
Dec 24, 2021
Week 169: Completion & Closure
Dec 24, 2021
Dec 17, 2021
Week 168: Caterpillars & Crushing It
Dec 17, 2021
Dec 10, 2021
Week 167: Work Machine & Shitty Start
Dec 10, 2021
Dec 3, 2021
Week 166: Egg(spired) Nog & Merry Weekend
Dec 3, 2021
November 2021
Nov 26, 2021
Week 165: Easy & Lazy
Nov 26, 2021
Nov 19, 2021
Week 164: Epiphanies & Analogies
Nov 19, 2021
Nov 12, 2021
Week 163: Burnout & Burrowing
Nov 12, 2021
Nov 5, 2021
Week 162: Four-Day Workweeks & Tuesday-Night Concerts
Nov 5, 2021
October 2021
Oct 29, 2021
Week 161: Consequences & Shapers
Oct 29, 2021
Oct 22, 2021
Week 160: Deadlines & Racing Minds
Oct 22, 2021
Oct 15, 2021
Week 159: Burn It Down & Lockdown
Oct 15, 2021
Oct 8, 2021
Week 158: Satisfaction & Embodiment
Oct 8, 2021
Oct 1, 2021
Week 157: Vampires & Itchy Necks
Oct 1, 2021
September 2021
Sep 24, 2021
Week 156: Relief & Many Loads
Sep 24, 2021
Sep 17, 2021
Week 155: Tight Muscles & Traditions
Sep 17, 2021
Sep 10, 2021
Week 154: Reacting & 180° Turns
Sep 10, 2021
Sep 3, 2021
Week 153: Freedom & Forever
Sep 3, 2021
August 2021
Aug 27, 2021
Week 152: Emotional Bankruptcy & Robot Selves
Aug 27, 2021
Aug 20, 2021
Week 151: Seasonality & This Steady Cadence
Aug 20, 2021
Aug 13, 2021
Week 150: Escape & Purge
Aug 13, 2021
Aug 6, 2021
Week 149: Saying No & Vacation Land
Aug 6, 2021
July 2021
Jul 30, 2021
Week 148: Email & Haunting Thoughts
Jul 30, 2021
Jul 23, 2021
Week 147: Baby Huey & Sensory Overload
Jul 23, 2021
Jul 16, 2021
Week 146: Woman to Woman & Vacation Mindset
Jul 16, 2021
Jul 9, 2021
Week 145: Diorama & Purgatory
Jul 9, 2021
Jul 2, 2021
Week 144: Five Jessicas & Salt on Skin
Jul 2, 2021
June 2021
Jun 25, 2021
Week 143: Living Fast & Sucking Energy
Jun 25, 2021
Jun 18, 2021
Week 142: Death Drives & Mental Clogs
Jun 18, 2021
Jun 11, 2021
Week 141: First Goals & Adjacent Books
Jun 11, 2021
Jun 4, 2021
Week 140: Hypotheticals & Eulogies
Jun 4, 2021
May 2021
May 28, 2021
Week 139: Asymmetrical Demands & Excessive Detail
May 28, 2021
May 21, 2021
Week 138: Counterintuitively Cranky & Definitively Better
May 21, 2021
May 14, 2021
Week 137: Human Reboot & Brave New World
May 14, 2021
May 7, 2021
Week 136: Jiggling Foundations & Honoring Energy
May 7, 2021
April 2021
Apr 30, 2021
Week 135: Braided Paths & Clunky Brains
Apr 30, 2021
Apr 23, 2021
Week 134: Meaningful Choices & Sleepy-Morning Inspiration
Apr 23, 2021
Apr 16, 2021
Week 133: Motherhood & Muscles
Apr 16, 2021
Apr 9, 2021
Week 132: Diagnoses & Rebirth
Apr 9, 2021
Apr 2, 2021
Week 131: Feral Humans & Specific Funks
Apr 2, 2021
March 2021
Mar 26, 2021
Week 130: Now, Later, Done & Unwarranted Glee
Mar 26, 2021
Mar 19, 2021
Week 129: Humanoid Forms & Popcorn Interludes
Mar 19, 2021
Mar 12, 2021
Week 128: Churches & Thorns
Mar 12, 2021
Mar 5, 2021
Week 127: Fish Fries & Reality Bubbles
Mar 5, 2021
February 2021
Feb 26, 2021
Week 126: Unusually Obsessed & Digital Fingers
Feb 26, 2021
Feb 19, 2021
Week 125: Ghoulish & Dizzy
Feb 19, 2021
Feb 12, 2021
Week 124: Early Afternoons & Social Nutrients
Feb 12, 2021
Feb 5, 2021
Week 123: Wintering & First Doses
Feb 5, 2021
January 2021
Jan 29, 2021
Week 122: Plodding Pace & Slowing Gait
Jan 29, 2021
Jan 22, 2021
Week 121: Milkshakes & Fire Sounds
Jan 22, 2021
Jan 15, 2021
Week 120: Noodly Brain & Everyday Amnesia
Jan 15, 2021
Jan 8, 2021
Week 119: Stretches & Steady Comfort
Jan 8, 2021
Jan 1, 2021
Week 118: Subtle Stresses & Super Weird
Jan 1, 2021
December 2020
Dec 25, 2020
Week 117: Alone Together & Seven Languages
Dec 25, 2020
Dec 18, 2020
Week 116: Empty Spaces & Faulty Maps
Dec 18, 2020
Dec 11, 2020
Week 115: Clam Sauce & Countdowns
Dec 11, 2020
Dec 4, 2020
Week 114: Christmas Trees & Glory
Dec 4, 2020
November 2020
Nov 27, 2020
Week 113: Chapped Cheeks & Body Budgets
Nov 27, 2020
Nov 20, 2020
Week 112: Ongoingness & Smallness
Nov 20, 2020
Nov 13, 2020
Week 111: Lifted Weight & Overwork
Nov 13, 2020
Nov 6, 2020
Week 110: Burned Out & Fever Pitch
Nov 6, 2020
October 2020
Oct 30, 2020
Week 109: Judgment & Social Instincts
Oct 30, 2020
Oct 23, 2020
Week 108: Bad at Words & First Drafts
Oct 23, 2020
Oct 16, 2020
Week 107: Help & Heuristics
Oct 16, 2020
Oct 9, 2020
Week 106: Note-Taking & Pace-Setting
Oct 9, 2020
Oct 2, 2020
Week 105: Bookmarks & In-Your-Face-Ness
Oct 2, 2020
September 2020
Sep 25, 2020
Week 104: Fact-Checking & Open Loops
Sep 25, 2020
Sep 18, 2020
Week 103: Twists & Turns
Sep 18, 2020
Sep 11, 2020
Week 102: Home & Away
Sep 11, 2020
Sep 4, 2020
Week 101: On The Road & In The Frame
Sep 4, 2020
August 2020
Aug 28, 2020
Week 100: Publics & Process
Aug 28, 2020
Aug 21, 2020
Week 99: Rollercoasters & Ephemera Machines
Aug 21, 2020
Aug 14, 2020
Week 98: Peace & Quiescence
Aug 14, 2020
Aug 7, 2020
Week 97: Rigor & Rude Bodies
Aug 7, 2020
July 2020
Jul 31, 2020
Week 96: Underselling & Over-Editing
Jul 31, 2020
Jul 24, 2020
Week 95: Squawking & Screeching
Jul 24, 2020
Jul 17, 2020
Week 94: Fatigue & Compression
Jul 17, 2020
Jul 10, 2020
Week 93: The Long View & The Now
Jul 10, 2020
Jul 3, 2020
Week 92: Stillness & Irreverence
Jul 3, 2020
June 2020
Jun 26, 2020
Week 91: Love & Libraries
Jun 26, 2020
Jun 19, 2020
Week 90: Self-Protection & Fire Escapes
Jun 19, 2020
Jun 12, 2020
Week 89: Contradiction & Reckoning
Jun 12, 2020
Jun 5, 2020
Week 88: Activism & Interrogation
Jun 5, 2020
May 2020
May 29, 2020
Week 87: Translation & Malleability
May 29, 2020
May 22, 2020
Week 86: Dots & Doodles
May 22, 2020
May 15, 2020
Week 85: Reeling & Greens
May 15, 2020
May 8, 2020
Week 84: Lazy Stories & Second Brains
May 8, 2020
May 1, 2020
Week 83: Arbitrary Goals & Glass Houses
May 1, 2020
April 2020
Apr 24, 2020
Week 82: Waning Weeks & Growing Stacks
Apr 24, 2020
Apr 17, 2020
Week 81: Groovy Palms & Dog Years
Apr 17, 2020
Apr 10, 2020
Week 80: World-Making & People-Watching
Apr 10, 2020
Apr 3, 2020
Week 79: Sub-Delicious & Differently-Felt
Apr 3, 2020
March 2020
Mar 27, 2020
Week 78: Morning Meetings & Comfort Eating
Mar 27, 2020
Mar 20, 2020
Week 77: Homebound & Together-together
Mar 20, 2020
Mar 13, 2020
Week 76: Normalcy & Surreality
Mar 13, 2020
Mar 6, 2020
Week 75: Intentionality & Exuberance
Mar 6, 2020
February 2020
Feb 28, 2020
Week 74: Comics & Poems
Feb 28, 2020
Feb 21, 2020
Week 73: Ambivalence & Change
Feb 21, 2020
Feb 14, 2020
Week 72: Wrestling & Shaping
Feb 14, 2020
Feb 7, 2020
Week 71: Drawing & Blue-ing
Feb 7, 2020
January 2020
Jan 31, 2020
Week 70: Legacy & Reviews
Jan 31, 2020
Jan 24, 2020
Week 69: Writing & Seeing
Jan 24, 2020
Jan 17, 2020
Week 68: About-ness & In-person-ness
Jan 17, 2020
Jan 10, 2020
Week 67: Fluidity & Growth
Jan 10, 2020
Jan 3, 2020
Week 66: Centering & Serenity (Redux)
Jan 3, 2020
December 2019
Dec 27, 2019
Week 65: Looking Back & Ahead
Dec 27, 2019
Dec 20, 2019
Week 64: Transformation & Documentation
Dec 20, 2019
Dec 13, 2019
Week 63: Fasting & Shrinking
Dec 13, 2019
Dec 6, 2019
Week 62: Swirling & Silence
Dec 6, 2019
November 2019
Nov 29, 2019
Week 61: Working Together & Knowing Together
Nov 29, 2019
Nov 22, 2019
Week 60: Public Parks & Public Records
Nov 22, 2019
Nov 15, 2019
Week 59: Commons & Common Core
Nov 15, 2019
Nov 8, 2019
Week 58: Consumption & Contribution
Nov 8, 2019
Nov 1, 2019
Week 57: Sustainable Art & Invisible Labor
Nov 1, 2019
October 2019
Oct 25, 2019
Week 56: Frames & Meta-Planes
Oct 25, 2019
Oct 18, 2019
Week 55: Stitches & Outlines
Oct 18, 2019
Oct 11, 2019
Week 54: Tending & Timing
Oct 11, 2019
Oct 4, 2019
Week 53: Distance & Rhythms
Oct 4, 2019
September 2019
Sep 27, 2019
Week 52: Math & Melancholy
Sep 27, 2019
Sep 20, 2019
Week 51: Measuring & Weighing
Sep 20, 2019
Sep 13, 2019
Week 50: Competitive Zeroes & Messy Rides
Sep 13, 2019
Sep 6, 2019
Week 49: 330 Days & 9 Innings
Sep 6, 2019
August 2019
Aug 30, 2019
Week 48: Conversation & Cavatelli
Aug 30, 2019
Aug 23, 2019
Week 47: Rereading & Rolling On
Aug 23, 2019
Aug 16, 2019
Week 46: Lotteries & Grand Plans
Aug 16, 2019
Aug 9, 2019
Week 45: Brains & Flesh
Aug 9, 2019
Aug 2, 2019
Week 44: Limbo & the Last Gasp
Aug 2, 2019
July 2019
Jul 26, 2019
Week 43: Manipulating Glass & Transforming Minds
Jul 26, 2019
Jul 19, 2019
Week 42: Envy & FOMO
Jul 19, 2019
Jul 12, 2019
Week 41: Cheese Dogs & Lobster Rolls
Jul 12, 2019
Jul 5, 2019
Week 40: New York & New Ideas
Jul 5, 2019
June 2019
Jun 28, 2019
Week 39: Data Points & Source Material
Jun 28, 2019
Jun 21, 2019
Week 38: Curiosity & Fragility
Jun 21, 2019
Jun 14, 2019
Week 37: Capturing & Articulating
Jun 14, 2019
Jun 7, 2019
Week 36: Putting Off & Turning Off
Jun 7, 2019
May 2019
May 31, 2019
Week 35: Racing & Meandering
May 31, 2019
May 24, 2019
Week 34: Efficiency & Anticipation (Redux)
May 24, 2019
May 17, 2019
Week 33: Fresh Air & Fibs
May 17, 2019
May 10, 2019
Week 32: Serenity & Slugs
May 10, 2019
May 3, 2019
Week 31: Clue-Collection & Expression
May 3, 2019
April 2019
Apr 26, 2019
Week 30: Anecdotes & Identities
Apr 26, 2019
Apr 19, 2019
Week 29: Words & Expectations
Apr 19, 2019
Apr 12, 2019
Week 28: Shame & Celebration
Apr 12, 2019
Apr 5, 2019
Week 27: Tennis & Treadmills
Apr 5, 2019
March 2019
Mar 29, 2019
Week 26: Turbulence & Trepidation
Mar 29, 2019
Mar 22, 2019
Week 25: Archives & Collages
Mar 22, 2019
Mar 15, 2019
Week 24: Core Samples & Artifact Mountains
Mar 15, 2019
Mar 8, 2019
Week 23: Draft Mode & Analysis Mode
Mar 8, 2019
Mar 1, 2019
Week 22: Magnets & Image Management
Mar 1, 2019
February 2019
Feb 22, 2019
Week 21: Soothing & Screaming
Feb 22, 2019
Feb 15, 2019
Week 20: Seeing Yourself & Being Yourself
Feb 15, 2019
Feb 8, 2019
Week 19: Energy & Human Interaction
Feb 8, 2019
Feb 1, 2019
Week 18: Separate & Simultaneous
Feb 1, 2019
January 2019
Jan 25, 2019
Week 17: Side Doors & Dark Theaters
Jan 25, 2019
Jan 18, 2019
Week 16: Simulation & Self-Critique
Jan 18, 2019
Jan 11, 2019
Week 15: Unfinished & Alive
Jan 11, 2019
Jan 4, 2019
Week 14: Gears & Ballast
Jan 4, 2019
December 2018
Dec 28, 2018
Week 13: Puzzling & Longing
Dec 28, 2018
Dec 21, 2018
Week 12: Doing & Changing
Dec 21, 2018
Dec 14, 2018
Week 11: Fear & Rules
Dec 14, 2018
Dec 7, 2018
Week 10: Memory & Flow
Dec 7, 2018
November 2018
Nov 30, 2018
Week 9: Messy Selves & Whole Selves
Nov 30, 2018
Nov 23, 2018
Week 8: Genuine Screams & Erased Stories
Nov 23, 2018
Nov 16, 2018
Week 7: Caskets & Bifocals
Nov 16, 2018
Nov 9, 2018
Week 6: Elections & Time-Shifts
Nov 9, 2018
Nov 2, 2018
Week 5: Travel & Place
Nov 2, 2018
October 2018
Oct 26, 2018
Week 4: Rage & Midwestern "Nice"
Oct 26, 2018
Oct 19, 2018
Week 3: Layers & Patterns
Oct 19, 2018
Oct 12, 2018
Week 2: Time & Scale
Oct 12, 2018
Oct 5, 2018
Week 1: Anticipation & Complementarians
Oct 5, 2018