Don’t sacrifice the wrong thing - by Henrik Karlsson

I began emailing essays into the void on 30 May 2021, 53 days before Rebecka, our youngest daughter was born.

Don’t sacrifice the wrong thing Henrik Karlsson May 30, 2024 1,365 70 274 Share I began emailing essays into the void on 30 May 2021, 53 days before Rebecka, our youngest daughter was born. This writing experiment has followed roughly the same trajectory as the baby. In 2021, Escaping Flatland's prime achievement was putting a few toys in its mouth (a handful of essays read by about fifty people). But then, around the time Rebecka got up on her legs and learned to talk, I found a voice and picked up pace. I didn’t have any clear idea where I was going, as is evident by the name I picked for th

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