Dear reader,

This newsletter has changed quite a bit since it first began. I was writing analytical essay reviews of journalism movies, and the platform had not yet become so rife with atomized, self-help adjacent solipsism. I’m afraid I don’t often avoid engaging in that genre either, as is suggested by the name, which I’ve changed at least three times.

There’s very little that I’ve ever done for very long, which I’ve recently learned is a symptom and not the product of mere happenstance. I had a mind to evolve this project more intentionally than I have, but it has evolved nonetheless, being in its own way a record of thought, experience and ability. Lately, you will find here the chronicles of last summer’s cross-country roadtrip, which was unplanned and put down nightly from wherever I ended the day’s journey. These posts will appear under the title “Brief Blue River,” which is not what I had on the rejected manuscript.

I hope you find this, that you read and enjoy it. There will never be a paywall, but I still welcome the financial support, if you choose to reward the effort.

Sam