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michael langford

michael langford

Bell Towers

“There are some things that cannot be learned quickly, and time, which is all we have, must be paid heavily for their acquiring. They are…

3 min readJan 20, 2022

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50 Claps

Advice for Medium writers

2 min readJan 15, 2022

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Steel

Swords … and scythes (or chisels or axes or any number of implements whose function depends on taking and holding a keen edge through…

4 min readJan 12, 2022

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FIGS

I hope that I’m safe in thinking that most people (as in the vast majority of humanity) would hesitate before inflicting violence on…

2 min readDec 10, 2021

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I Ching & C G Jung

Some essays are of such brilliance that they should be required reading for anyone presuming to take on the mantle of adulthood. The…

3 min readNov 30, 2021

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Markets vs. Human Capital

When are we going to learn, cheaper isn’t better. It’s just cheaper.

5 min readNov 24, 2021

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Discipline and Remembrance

On Sunday afternoons, after all the household chores have been put aside, I give myself some time at the workbench with the Japanese…

2 min readNov 13, 2021

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To a woodworker, the workbench is an altar. Here, we give our blessing to wood, pay debts, offer libations, make sacrifices, focus intent and energy. The pieces we make mostly move on out of our hands, into other people’s lives. The bench, with all its vices and imperfections, remains.

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Real

I seem to have been a stranger in a strange land all my life. Pretty sure I was put here by accident, or some sort of cosmic mischief…

3 min readAug 25, 2021

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Small is Beautiful

If you were around in the 70’s, there’s a good chance you read Small is Beautiful by E. F. Schumacher. It was largely about economies of…

4 min readAug 16, 2021

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michael langford

the first rule is there are no rules.

1 min readAug 4, 2021

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michael langford

michael langford

Carpenter: woodcarver with a bent for typography, music, poetry, good design & living well in peace and harmony. Un-apologetically Southern; literate…

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