July 2026

Essays
When Depression Is a Refusal

One kind of depression may begin when a painful loss, disappointment, or denied future remains psychologically unresolved. This article explores how protest can turn inward—and what changes when the loss is finally allowed to become a loss.

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Essays
I was Supposed to Be a Professor

At 39, I walked away from the academic future I thought I was building and started an all-Canadian wine import business in Tokyo. What looked like a detour was actually the same fascination in a different format.

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