Archive - The Nature of Things

Mar 5 •

Shannon Stirone

February 2024

A free bird and upper west side legend

Feb 25 •

Shannon Stirone

A midlife something

It’s time for a midlife crisis. Actually why not let myself go all out and have a few. Midlife crises. Hell yeah. Growing up we were taught that only…

Feb 20 •

Shannon Stirone

What's in a dot?

All our ex boyfriends

Feb 10 •

Shannon Stirone

January 2024

I bought myself a Rubik's cube

Lately I’ve missed playing, the kind of silly pointless playing we used to do as kids. One way this manifested was by longing for a rubik’s cube—a toy I…

Jan 30 •

Shannon Stirone

July 2023

Reimagining ourselves in the cosmos

A year with JWST

Jul 10, 2023 •

Shannon Stirone

April 2023

On not getting what you want

When I lived in the Bay I would go for a walk around the neighborhood every night. It would always be right after the end of the day as people were…

Apr 5, 2023 •

Shannon Stirone

February 2023

Today someone shared a photo on twitter of the Golden Gate bridge before it was built. Just the bases on each side of Marin and SF were there, and an…

Feb 3, 2023 •

Shannon Stirone

January 2023

A deeper perspective

I’m in the weeds of book research and as a result I’ve been thinking a lot about the same things over and over—trying to get to the core of an idea, of…

Jan 21, 2023 •

Shannon Stirone

December 2022

What's in a year

It’s just about that time—that vague mushy week before a new year begins and we all look back at the last 365 days and reflect on what we’ve done, what…

Dec 27, 2022 •

Shannon Stirone

It's been a minute

Or a year, but who's keeping track

Dec 16, 2022 •

Shannon Stirone

May 2021

Why we do anything

Lately I’ve been talking to a lot of friends and colleagues about accomplishments. Particularly what success means, and viewed especially through the…

May 16, 2021 •

Shannon Stirone

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