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Finishing Anna Karenina and What It Stayed With Me

Reflections on completing Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina and my connection to Levin, the novel’s tragic core, and the force of its characters.

Tolstoy viewed fifty as the prime of life. A reflection on midlife vitality, aging with strength, and why turning fifty can mean growth, not decline.

Three weeks alone at our Ocean City beach house: work, long walks, simple meals, restless nights, and the things I noticed when the house was quiet.