Things I Couldn’t Say Out Loud

All The Thoughts Of A Turtle Are Turtle

A sea turtle hatchling imprints on the magnetic field of the beach where it is born.

Feb 28 • Shannon Shpak

Tears Of Things

In Portuguese there is a word, saudade, that has no equivalent in English.

Feb 20 • Shannon Shpak

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Lepidoptera: On the Fragility of Everything

My father taught me the word Lepidoptera when I was ten years old.

Feb 12 • Shannon Shpak

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380 Billion Ways to Miss Something

380 Billion Ways to Miss Something

Feb 5 • Shannon Shpak

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January 2026

Eight Minutes of Light

Here is what I know about light.

Jan 29 • Shannon Shpak

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J35

An orca named Tahlequah carried her dead calf on her head for seventeen days, traveling over a thousand miles through the Pacific.

Jan 22 • Shannon Shpak

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The Case Against Love

Love is easy to defend in theory.

Jan 15 • Shannon Shpak

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Tenebrae

I didn’t know the darkness would still find me.

Jan 10 • Shannon Shpak

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December 2025

November 2025