Tender - issue no. 3

A monthly dispatch for paid subscribers.

Cal the caterpillar, who is currently in chrysalis form in a jar in my dining room.

ten·der /ˈten-dər/

noun 1. a means of payment; something offered in exchange for goods or services. Legal tender. 2. one who tends; who watches, maintains, or cares for something or someone. A tender of gardens, of bar, of wounds.

adjective 3. showing gentleness and warmth; kind in a way that isn’t afraid of softness. She was tender with him.

Time for Issue three of Tender, my only paywalled content. There are 34 of you, one fewer than last month. You’re the only ones who get access to these monthly newsletters, that show what’s shaping my thinking and what topics outside those I cover in my essays are worth knowing about.