https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/project-52 2026-03-24T11:28:35-04:00 weekly https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/client-work 2021-02-28T08:22:57-05:00 weekly https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal 2026-04-17T14:31:55-04:00 weekly https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/podcast 2019-11-04T13:54:19-05:00 weekly https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/books 2019-03-29T09:23:19-04:00 weekly https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/she 2019-04-01T14:40:58-04:00 weekly https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/about-us 2024-06-18T12:48:17-04:00 weekly https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/gift-guide 2020-11-10T08:12:08-05:00 weekly https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/15390555-waxing-poetic 2019-08-06T17:12:05-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/blog_Cellulairement_720px.jpg?v=1565125587 Waxing Poetic https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/client-work/penguin-random-house 2019-03-21T14:49:23-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/91dneVz9fxL-2.jpg?v=1552883096 Penguin Random House: 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A Reading of The Need of Being Versed in Country Things https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/song-of-nature-by-ralph-waldo-emerson 2019-11-06T11:46:45-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/82-Song-of-Nature-1_3.jpeg?v=1573057710 "Song of Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/consider-the-stars 2019-11-24T11:43:07-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/WWP-WOO-Pinup_830x1038_2.jpeg?v=1574606878 Consider the Stars https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/we-are-all-in-paradise 2020-01-20T19:37:37-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/PINUP-BLP-DOS_986x1233_2.jpeg?v=1579567038 We are all in paradise https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/exit-pursued-by-a-bear 2021-12-01T09:17:51-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/52P-SHA-d_2.jpeg?v=1581434320 Exit, Pursued by a Bear https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/there-s-a-special-providence-in-the-fall-of-a-sparrow 2020-04-07T15:03:04-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/IGP-SHA-1080x1080.jpg?v=1586277278 There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/their-lips-brushed-like-flowers-in-the-wind 2020-04-16T15:43:51-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/IGP-FIT-square-hp.jpeg?v=1587064132 "Their lips brushed like young wild flowers in the wind" https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/beauty-will-save-the-world 2020-04-26T17:01:10-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/IGP-DOS-square_1024x1024_afb46330-a5dd-4d9a-9f71-d001672400d3.jpeg?v=1587934864 Beauty will save the world https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/client-work/parlor-games 2020-10-21T08:52:22-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/IMG_1278_2.jpg?v=1602169974 Gibbs Smith: The Parlor Game https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/hymn-to-intellectual-beauty 2020-10-21T15:10:55-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/ON_AUTUMN_CHAPBOOK-4_copy.jpg?v=1602263996 Hymn to Intellectual Beauty by Percy Shelley https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/b 2020-10-12T10:30:22-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/Edgar_Allan_Poe_Quote.jpg?v=1602511915 Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether, by Edgar Allan Poe https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/merry-autumn-by-paul-lawrence-dunbar 2020-10-21T16:42:45-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/ON_AUTUMN_CHAPBOOK-10_copy.jpg?v=1603306024 Merry Autumn by Paul Laurence Dunbar https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/the-black-cat-by-edgar-allan-poe 2020-10-23T17:02:26-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/IGP-POE_2.jpg?v=1603486651 The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/new-gift-packaging 2020-10-28T15:56:35-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/IMG_1685.jpg?v=1603913767 New! Gift Packaging https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/lovely-dark-deep 2020-11-02T11:01:15-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/IMG_1638_2_2.jpg?v=1604332875 Lovely, Dark & Deep https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/the-tempest-william-shakespeare-illustration 2020-11-27T15:50:36-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/BLP-SHA2-blog-featured.jpg?v=1606506667 The Tempest, William Shakespeare Illustration https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/a-november-night-by-sara-teasdale 2020-12-28T13:40:58-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/BDK-TEA-featured.jpg?v=1606510901 A November Night by Sara Teasdale https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/rhapsody-on-a-windy-night 2020-12-10T16:14:43-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/Eliot-Blog-Post.jpg?v=1607634355 Rhapsody on a Windy Night https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/2021-the-top-ten 2021-12-27T15:25:52-05:00 weekly 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https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/on-love-collection 2021-02-05T14:55:30-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/hp-on-love-2.jpg?v=1612295615 On Love https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/william-shakespeare 2021-02-08T15:13:34-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/SHA-feat.jpg?v=1612553477 William Shakespeare https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/f-scott-fitzgerald 2023-01-09T10:25:30-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/21P-FIT-featured_2512a6b4-5b0f-48c2-ac40-016027968db2.jpg?v=1612824374 The Great Gatsby https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/the-inferno-by-dante-alighieri 2023-01-09T10:26:10-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/21P-DAN-B-2.jpg?v=1613594211 The Inferno https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/paul-laurence-dunbar 2023-01-09T10:26:41-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/21P-DUN-B-1.jpg?v=1614103555 Paul Laurence Dunbar https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/voltaire 2023-01-09T10:26:46-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/21P-VOL-B-1.jpg?v=1614104244 Voltaire https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/charles-dickens 2023-01-09T10:26:54-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/21P-CDI-B-1.jpg?v=1616525100 Charles Dickens https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/ernest-hemingway 2023-01-09T10:27:01-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/21P-HEM-B-1.jpg?v=1617120248 Ernest Hemingway https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/mark-twain 2023-01-09T10:27:14-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/21P-TWA-B-1_a7f16526-24d2-44d6-97c7-ae024698f1d6.jpg?v=1618863678 Mark Twain https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/project-52/limited-edition-gatsby-letterpress-print 2021-05-25T12:14:52-04:00 weekly https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/virginia-woolf 2023-01-09T10:27:20-05:00 weekly 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https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/khalil-gibran 2022-01-24T14:08:15-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/22P-GIB-B-1.jpg?v=1643036651 Khalil Gibran https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/oscar-wilde 2022-02-08T20:16:36-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/22P-WIL-B-1.jpg?v=1643637484 Oscar Wilde https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/william-shakespeare-pirates 2022-02-08T20:15:54-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/22P-SHA-B-1.jpg?v=1643916108 Enter Pirates https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/william-shakespeare-what-you-egg 2023-01-09T10:28:22-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/22P-SHA2-B-1.jpg?v=1644265673 What, You Egg! https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/hellisempty 2023-01-09T10:28:09-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/22P-SHA3-B-1.jpg?v=1644600898 Hell is Empty https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/better-a-witty-fool-than-a-foolish-wit 2023-01-09T10:28:16-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/22P-SHA5-B-1.jpg?v=1645123945 Witty Fools and Foolish Wits https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/shakespeare-cat 2023-01-09T10:28:30-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/22P-SHA6-B-1.jpg?v=1646749107 I Like This Place https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/most-absurd 2022-03-09T12:02:14-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/22P-SHA6-B-1_ca3e6944-81ee-4e57-ab29-26140934462e.jpg?v=1646790260 Most Absurd! https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/mountain-goat 2022-03-23T08:54:13-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/22P-SHA7-B-1.jpg?v=1647453308 Mountain Goat! https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/small-beer 2023-01-09T10:28:53-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/22P-SHA8-B-1.jpg?v=1648826696 Small Beer: A Felony. https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/shakespeare-unicorns 2022-04-02T08:11:36-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/22P-SHA10-B-1.jpg?v=1648827920 Shakespeare "Unicorns" https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/shakespeare-peacock 2023-01-09T10:28:59-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/22P-SHA10-B-1_5fd781a3-1cb6-4717-a947-eb318a883915.jpg?v=1650991145 Shakespeare "Peacock" https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/project-52/shakespeare-windows 2022-04-26T14:43:04-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/22P-SHA14-B-1.jpg?v=1650991147 Shakespeare "Windows" https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/leo-tolstoy-change 2022-06-16T14:25:13-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/22P-TOL-B-1.jpg?v=1655322002 Leo Tolstoy "Change" https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/emily-dickinson-forever 2023-01-09T10:42:52-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/22P-EDI-B-1.jpg?v=1656605394 Emily Dickinson "Forever" https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/friderich-nietzsche-why 2023-01-09T10:43:12-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/52P-NIE-B-1.jpg?v=1670865949 Friedrich Nietzsche "Why" https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/2022-the-top-ten-illustrations 2022-12-26T14:49:52-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/Screen_Shot_2022-12-26_at_2.35.19_PM.png?v=1672083328 2022: The Top Ten Illustrations https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/marcus-aurelius 2023-01-10T10:14:37-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/23P-AUR-B-1.jpg?v=1673285880 Marcus Aurelius https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/even-this-twilight-pablo-nerudas-twenty-love-songs-and-a-song-of-despair-illustrated 2023-01-13T13:42:56-05:00 weekly 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Eliot "Coffee Spoons" https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/on-love-collected-works-and-poems 2023-01-31T14:38:12-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/ON-LOVE-banner.jpg?v=1674770948 ON LOVE: Collected Works and Poems https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/f-scott-fitzgerald-lie-to-me-by-the-moonlight 2023-01-31T14:10:10-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/23P-FIT-B-1.jpg?v=1675182025 F Scott Fitzgerald "Lie to me by the moonlight" https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/marcus-aurelius-on-your-thoughts 2023-03-27T11:33:32-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/23P-AUR2-B-1.jpg?v=1677082319 Marcus Aurelius on Your Thoughts https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/obvious-state-t-shirts-on-threadless 2023-03-24T13:37:25-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/Shop-Banner.jpg?v=1679676205 Obvious State Tees on Threadless https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/dostoevsky-on-self-deception 2023-05-10T19:31:11-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/52P-DOS-B-1.jpg?v=1683654959 Dostoevsky on Self Deception https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/marcus-aurelius-on-getting-down-to-business 2023-05-11T08:49:37-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/23P-AUR3-B-1.jpg?v=1683744188 Marcus Aurelius On Getting Down To Business https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/marcus-aurelius-on-distraction 2023-05-21T17:40:36-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/23P-AUR4-B-1_51395b33-d382-4bc2-aa62-859538824960.jpg?v=1684705236 Marcus Aurelius on Distraction https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/sun-tzu-on-chaos-and-opportunity 2023-05-19T12:14:17-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/52P-TZU-B-1.jpg?v=1684508264 Sun Tzu on Chaos and Opportunity https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/sophocles-on-the-curse-of-the-internet 2023-07-05T13:31:45-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/23P-SOP-B-1.jpg?v=1686070970 Sophocles on the Curse of the Internet https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/ralph-waldo-emerson-on-patience 2023-06-07T10:26:05-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/BLP-EME-B-1_566d3e9c-abcb-4ec6-84c4-0857619668a5.jpg?v=1686147556 Ralph Waldo Emerson on Patience https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/dear-educators-enjoy-this-summer-break-on-prices 2023-07-19T15:44:35-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/Educators-post-Sappho.jpg?v=1689081939 Limited Time Only: Educators' Discount https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/emerson-on-the-limits-of-knowledge 2026-03-24T10:35:40-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/affadb25-18ae-4f09-bb85-22f5d1eb2986_1024x1331_5e8ee9f3-c2ab-4918-ad8c-a5ccb7c7305d.jpg?v=1774362940 Emerson on The Limits of Knowledge https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/john-stuart-mill-on-embracing-dissidence 2026-03-24T10:49:50-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/c385a2f3-08ab-4460-b8d8-ad05f830dec2_2000x2500_acc4c33d-b34f-4815-8f55-4bd75d0733fe.jpg?v=1774363790 John Stuart Mill on Embracing Dissidence https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/pablo-neruda-on-the-nature-of-desire-and-the-desire-of-nature 2026-03-24T10:50:30-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/5bc1f8d4-21b6-443a-8d29-7bbe13931fad_2000x2500_f6c8a064-15ac-4772-a56d-f52e1d3774e3.jpg?v=1774363830 Pablo Neruda on the Nature of Desire and the Desire of Nature https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/khalil-gibran-on-getting-grounded 2026-03-24T10:51:25-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/0b59d18d-3966-4dab-9e01-65a67b8c5dfb_1024x1331_f093a04f-1bb3-4f31-8d54-1b581301f5d1.jpg?v=1774363885 Khalil Gibran on Getting Grounded https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/jane-austen-on-the-healthy-freakout 2026-03-24T10:51:54-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/0e904004-e5f1-4d29-8707-fc79140a564c_1500x1950_62b9a8a3-70f5-4a5a-b0aa-e4015ae9882d.jpg?v=1774363914 Jane Austen on The Healthy Freakout https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/e-e-cummings-on-the-quantum-irish-goodbye 2026-03-24T10:52:45-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/b24bc078-9da0-4950-bc36-9e54825e685b_1500x1950_aaaff955-3d93-4360-a360-2666c7ec3605.webp?v=1774363965 E E Cummings on The Quantum Irish Goodbye https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/marcus-aurelius-on-cooling-the-hot-take 2026-03-24T10:53:50-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/5ced1d7c-2c2c-4535-9c34-f5def71fae1c_1500x1950_e610f5b3-1c1a-4e76-9561-b42a326eb7f6.webp?v=1774364030 Marcus Aurelius on Cooling the Hot Take 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Dick On The Universe Contemplating Itself https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/marcus-aurelius-on-why-it-should-be-difficult 2024-06-20T16:30:35-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/8c308a52-9622-457a-970e-76215d61e56b_1500x1950_59b57f53-9cf5-40e5-a9b8-f2492f9be985.webp?v=1718733676 Marcus Aurelius on Why it Should be Difficult https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/george-eliot-on-saying-buh-bye-to-summer 2026-03-24T11:09:39-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/5ec6b865-c4eb-4d6b-a5d0-8622d3080a89_1500x1950_13b12159-fd9b-4750-977e-358753d028ed.jpg?v=1774364979 George Eliot on Saying Buh-Bye to Summer https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/kierkegaard-on-looking-back-and-living-now 2024-06-20T16:30:39-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/8d9ad009-d924-4733-8b64-3cf75a54046a_1500x1950_aaa1b1f1-757a-475e-9176-162086839b55.webp?v=1718733899 Kierkegaard on Looking Back and Living Now https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/keats-on-autumn-before-pumpkin-spiced-lattes 2024-06-20T16:30:11-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/3222f1a9-6b2b-418b-b105-16993b647f42_1500x1950_07ba9572-4800-474d-886c-ac4702cc8b33.webp?v=1718733938 Keats on Autumn Before Pumpkin-Spiced Lattes https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/h-g-wells-on-where-science-meets-the-spiritual 2024-06-20T16:30:05-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/7f33301e-ed86-437d-b400-f1e93e7259fa_1500x1950_3123dd0d-f9f6-4add-9aa7-bab7c6dd8793.webp?v=1718734061 H.G. Wells on Where Science Meets the Spiritual https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/aristotle-on-the-necessity-of-high-brow-mischief 2024-06-20T16:29:55-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/553ad0d2-8b10-400d-a150-b891e93e031c_1500x1950_f8282a03-ca39-4b43-97da-1ac60976997b.webp?v=1718734120 Aristotle on The Necessity of High-Brow Mischief https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/virginia-woolf-on-dancing-with-the-stars-and-non-human-biologics 2024-06-20T16:29:48-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/8b1ecc3f-2efa-4cca-b9b0-2bf527d4a807_1500x1950_d314f411-685f-4ff9-bc72-6b02db02aa22.webp?v=1718734159 Virginia Woolf On Dancing With The Stars And Non-Human Biologics https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/melville-on-opting-out-of-the-digital-age 2024-06-20T16:29:42-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/d3dd6df6-0ef3-4b69-8d44-877b038fd3bf_1500x1950_2c87b8d5-7805-42b1-af37-b8f986e65f6d.webp?v=1718734380 Melville On Opting Out Of The Digital Age https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/edna-st-vincent-millay-on-vitality-over-longevity 2026-03-24T10:33:54-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/fd72a5ff-f361-4f85-8588-d657537a56b7_1500x1950_51fd377c-31c9-411d-a41f-e0915b884f4d.jpg?v=1774362834 Edna St. Vincent Millay On Vitality Over Longevity https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/langston-hughes-on-hard-won-wisdom 2024-06-20T16:29:16-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/0ea9257f-1358-45d2-8f8c-939e26fb1615_3300x4200_330054da-1ac8-4bb0-8002-3a30a8c49193.webp?v=1718734485 Langston Hughes on hard-won wisdom https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/robert-frost-on-the-joy-and-cost-of-the-journey 2024-06-20T16:29:09-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/b73b5fed-4c67-4504-82b4-b599cbe7ebbb_1500x1950_4746d4ef-b8ab-46f8-8cb4-8f23fa1d62d2.webp?v=1718734523 Robert Frost on the joy - and cost - of the journey https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/emily-dickinson-brings-abstract-ideas-to-life-like-nobodys-business 2024-06-20T16:26:43-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/6e17dd2a-9741-4505-819a-8d81fe8fd761_1500x1950_3f0c636d-8108-46aa-a6d5-83b2ab9ec0e9.webp?v=1718734555 Emily Dickinson Brings Abstract Ideas to Life Like Nobody's Business https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/ralph-waldo-emerson-on-why-you-need-to-put-down-the-phone-and-touch-grass 2024-06-20T16:26:22-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/42733704-0cc1-4e37-a6db-eaa748d3dd06_1500x1950_e00bb4c9-f37b-4505-8918-5028ec7dc3b3.webp?v=1718734975 Ralph Waldo Emerson On Why You Need to Put Down The Phone And Touch Grass https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/dostoevsky-boils-it-down-to-one-simple-rule 2024-06-20T16:26:12-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/53b55c69-1258-4fe8-b3e0-e6cebfa6dafd_1500x1950_01d768dd-4749-4228-9c9b-b8a57c656269.webp?v=1718735011 Dostoevsky Boils It Down To One Simple Rule https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/charlotte-bronte-and-the-power-of-sisterhood 2026-03-24T11:32:35-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/6b582a15-978d-49fd-af2e-f96a064c7458_1500x1950_18c64e18-48f8-498a-8b9b-dd2e9677c69c.jpg?v=1774366355 Charlotte Brontë and the power of sisterhood https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/shakespeare-on-the-ephemeral-nature-of-pretty-much-everything 2026-03-24T11:19:33-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/d13070e2-6dc1-442d-9c87-3c558dac8ebb_1500x1950_ed75d3d1-237a-4247-a1c5-ceb826b40ae9.jpg?v=1774365572 Shakespeare on the Ephemeral Nature of Pretty Much Everything https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/kate-chopin-on-slipping-the-social-norms 2026-03-24T11:16:08-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/f8fd1054-0d42-4b3b-8eea-b84f8591860e_1500x1950_8f4a8a38-72c4-4e9e-863b-1a0f57737686.jpg?v=1774365368 Kate Chopin on Slipping The Social Norms https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/f-scott-fitzgerald-on-romantic-ideals-glittering-prizes-and-other-foolish-pursuits 2026-03-24T11:13:46-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/edfc462d-2e32-413b-9c59-69360a54f209_1500x1950_dfda2422-eb4b-40bb-8d86-af56aa02730f.jpg?v=1774365226 F. Scott Fitzgerald on romantic ideals, glittering prizes, and other foolish pursuits. https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/marcus-aurelius-on-mental-health-and-getting-back-to-basics 2026-03-24T11:11:24-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/eb46c7c8-4d3f-48ef-910e-cdc539b72fe0_1500x1950_fc92ae71-c92a-437d-92ff-eb599f33f6b8.jpg?v=1774365084 Marcus Aurelius on mental health and getting back to basics https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/sophocles-on-the-perils-of-the-digital-age 2026-03-24T11:17:35-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/3b6dc452-2b8d-4afb-a041-1505a1bc973e_1500x1950_e09a4a96-479b-44a3-b934-681e4ddf0f16.webp?v=1774365455 Sophocles on the perils of the digital age https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/shakespeares-most-absurd-plot-device-ursus-ex-machina 2026-03-24T11:21:30-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/7c20c5c0-6fa8-4e83-a2bd-c2585ff25c61_1500x1950_d914bee0-0671-491a-948e-f8849c6009c2.jpg?v=1774365690 Shakespeare's Most Absurd Plot Device: Ursus Ex Machina https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/on-hedonistic-adaptation-and-endurance 2026-03-24T11:28:36-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/tf5j9g3iicu0vc9sa4vvfk4w5xb3_jpg_4bdb26fc-f3df-4e3e-a7b8-7676cb4dd94a.jpg?v=1774366116 On Hedonistic Adaptation and Endurance https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/wwsd-what-would-seneca-do 2026-03-24T11:40:49-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/qru7jl6lzlk12r1mndm5lyuj12dr_jpg_6cb1786b-0afd-4a78-86e9-8efcc8e9f10e.jpg?v=1774366849 WWSD (What Would Seneca Do?) https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/we-suffer-more-often-in-imagination-than-in-reality 2026-03-24T11:35:56-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/sgll9fkhqnzufvyi8nfa77y0rvrc_jpg_93bbe9c6-90ea-44c2-a499-c0f17dd8487c.jpg?v=1774366556 We Suffer More Often in Imagination Than in Reality https://obviousstate.mom/blogs/journal/on-consciousness 2026-04-17T14:31:55-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0544/5705/articles/ao02jnn1jmfqu0smlzaleybc5p0i_jpg.jpg?v=1776450715 On Consciousness