Before I stumbled into a software career, I got an English degree. A lot of people think that this means that I spent college reading a lot and writing a lot, and I did do that, but I also spent my un...

Write a lot. This is alpha and omega of writing advice, the beginning and the end, and it's that way for a reason– I don’t know anyone who’s good writing who hasn’t also put in serious hours.

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Essays and photography from Nat Bennett. Based in Minneapolis.

Steelers fans who don't like Bootleg Pete are probably from the "north hills"

I understand he's an outlier but if we remove him then we're removing the vast majority of spiders eaten, and how can we be expected to draw conclusions from a data set that's so small

Is this worth including beyond the street photography joke, do you think? August 16, 2025. Just a little over a year ago. Still surprised how little time I've been in Minnesota.

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a particular favorite flower June 9 of this year

In this newsletter I'm going to share how I use Capacities to take — and more importantly, to review — my notes, and share a little bit about a larger project that I'm using it to write.

I'm just starting to get stuff out of the garden — we got 2 cucumbers and one pepper and the squirrels got a third cucumber. Picked the first cantaloupe today. On the way: A ton more peppers, cherry t...

a recent one! May 6