Archive - Letters from a Vagabond Mind

Not What I Wanted to Write About

DARVO, ICE and that time a friendship went sour

Jul 12 •

Barrington Smith-Seetachitt

June 2025

Family Friends and Deer at Dusk

Jun 2 •

Barrington Smith-Seetachitt

May 2025

Little Circle, Big Circle

On the Paradox of Being Okay When the World Isn't

May 4 •

Barrington Smith-Seetachitt

April 2025

My Teenage Reading Shaped My Understanding of Government-Led Disappearances

We should keep reading fiction

Apr 20 •

Barrington Smith-Seetachitt

Poison vs Antidote

Finding balance in my reading list

Apr 6 •

Barrington Smith-Seetachitt

March 2025

Fence-Straddling Through the News Cycle

What's the balance between civic awareness and personal wellbeing during a HGT?

Mar 22 •

Barrington Smith-Seetachitt

What is This, Substack Saturday?

Whatever—here's a trip through my photo roll.

Mar 9 •

Barrington Smith-Seetachitt

February 2025

All the Languages I'll Never Speak

Ġemyne þæt þū swilt

Feb 23 •

Barrington Smith-Seetachitt

I’m Gen-X and the Disappearance of My Candy at the Checkout Stand is a Reminder of My Own Mortality

Should I Pitch This?

Feb 8 •

Barrington Smith-Seetachitt

January 2025

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