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Odd Socks
Edit: I adopted this article’s title as my new newsletter name! Going forward, I’ll only post the biweekly Odd Socks newsletter on Substack. All the…
Gary Varner
Jul 21
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Cemeteries & Galaxies
Cemeteries fascinate me and have as long as I can remember. It’s not a morbid curiosity about the dead, but the ritual of burying the deceased remains…
Gary Varner
Jul 14
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Mortality's Shadow
During their lives, humans come to dread their mortality. Fear paints over the truth that death, like our journey through life, is an inevitable…
Gary Varner
Jun 7
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The Silence of Solitude
Ever think about solitude, and the silence that comes when you don’t speak or have noisy external influences? Not being alone or lonely, but intentional…
Gary Varner
May 7
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Who Wants To Live Forever?
Cue the music: the beautiful, bittersweet Queen song of the same title. Originally written for the first Highlander movie (one my favs), it was spot on…
Gary Varner
Apr 23
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Teeter-Totter Times
When you reach age 50 (or so I recall… it’s been awhile), you’ve hit the theoretical apex of the body's teeter-totter: Before 50, most usually…
Gary Varner
Apr 19
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The Iciness of Routine
Routine is the elusive siren song that's good for us, yet we often struggle to believe in it enough to make it stick. This beguiling song is not sexy…
Gary Varner
Mar 9
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Desert Winter
When all is said and done, winter probably gets vote for favorite season. I say probably because it is a complicated concept to be definitive about. A…
Gary Varner
Dec 24, 2021
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Down the Middle
Not sure exactly when I started my odd practice of preferring to walk down the middle of the road. During my adolescence, I remember doing this much to…
Gary Varner
Apr 5, 2021
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Curatives for the Soul: Part 3 – Nature Immersion
Journaling and meditation aren’t selective about where or when you embrace them. But nature immersion can take a bit more planning, preparation, and…
Gary Varner
Mar 25, 2021
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Stretching Just Beyond
Just beyond yourself. It’s where you need to be. – David Whyte (opening lines to Just Beyond Yourself poem from The Bell and The Blackbird book) One of…
Gary Varner
Mar 20, 2021
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This Canvas Called Life
Yesterday’s stroll down memory lane while finally sorting through decades of family photos, stirred up more thoughts about my past than expected. I…
Gary Varner
Mar 8, 2021
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