Campfire Curriculum: Lonesome Dove

A brief reflection on why Larry McMurtry's Western epic is an essential addition to the American Cannon

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Something in the Sky: WTF Arizona? 🌵🛸

High Strangeness in the skies of Arizona.

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February 2026

Campfire Curriculum, An Introduction

Beyond The Western Edge: A Course on Virtue, Sin, and Frontier Sagas

Feb 23 • JohnnyAppleseedX

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The Age of Slop

How do we survive the constant amplification of nonsense?

Feb 7 • JohnnyAppleseedX

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Storming the Gates

Part 3: Here Comes the Flood

Feb 6 • JohnnyAppleseedX

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Storming The Gates

Part 2: Engineered Reality

Feb 1 • JohnnyAppleseedX

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January 2026

Storming the Gates

Part 1: Wrestling with Complexity

Jan 29 • JohnnyAppleseedX

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November 2025

One Year on Substack, An Attempt

Reflections on Year 1

Nov 7, 2025 • JohnnyAppleseedX

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October 2025

Between Dreams and Duty

Literature is important, but only if you make time for it.

Oct 19, 2025 • JohnnyAppleseedX

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Mourning Takes as Long as It Needs

Private rituals and the transmutation of loss

Oct 10, 2025 • JohnnyAppleseedX

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We Are Like The Dreamer Who Dreams

The Long Shadow of Twin Peaks: The Return's Finale—A Personal Reflection.

Oct 3, 2025 • JohnnyAppleseedX

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August 2025

Do Androids Dream of Strawberries from your Grandmother’s Garden?

Dear Computer, tell me a story.

Aug 9, 2025 • JohnnyAppleseedX

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