Stories by NaOH

In praise of the dad joke (2023)

Quitting

The Science of the Perfect Second (2023)

On Reading My Memoir to My Father (2022)

Maine’s ‘Lobster Lady’ who fished for nearly a century dies aged 105

The paper model houses of Peter Fritz (2013)

International Collection of Tongue Twisters (2018)

“Let people help” – Advice that made a big difference to a grieving widow

Typography on Pencils (2023)

How to bury your father (2025)

Renfrew Christie has died, sabotaged South Africa's nuclear program

Americans by Name, Punished for Believing It

James Moylan, engineer behind arrow signaling which side to refuel a car, dies

Betty Reid Soskin, oldest-ever US national park ranger, has died

How Willie Nelson sees America

The existential balm of seeing yourself as a verb, not a noun

The Coffee Warehouse

Why do commercial spaces sit vacant?

The Bob Dylan concert for just one person

The Worm Hunters of Southern Ontario

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