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Penny Wagers

I write narrative poetry that leans more mythopoetic than personal. Also essays about perambulations, coffee"s effect on memory and other cool stuff. Come on in. The water"s nice, so feel free to take your shoes and socks off. pennywagers.substack.com

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12:57

Fionn's Madness and the Nature of Friendship

Penny Wagers ·

2026/03/02

“Friendship is the greatest of worldly goods,” C.S. Lewis told us. “Certainly to me it is the chief happiness of life. If I had to give a piece of advice to a young man about a place to live, I think I should say, ‘Sacrifice almost everything to live where you can be near your friends.’”We may read that today as Lewis being cute with hyperbole. But that’s because we aren’t talking about the same things anymore.Friendship today sets rather low and shallow bar. We feel called to join our compatriots

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21:19

Fionn mac Cumhaill goes to Loughlin

Penny Wagers ·

2026/02/23

Y’know, I wasn’t going to start this. The plan wasn’t to record and put these on Substack; I was just going to share ‘em at in-person venues here and there. But three things have been nagging on me and got me to change my mind.* It would be dishonest, in a way. These stories continue to take up a great deal of my time and attention. I can’t treat this here Substack as some kind of curated persona in which I only share what would scale well; I don’t have the energy for that. This is what I’m into, so

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6:45

Lacing Back Up

Penny Wagers ·

2026/02/16

My dad started running just a few years before I did. Living 45 miles away from his job at the planetarium, he was inclined to wake up around 7 o’clock to get me and him out the door by 8.But then he started waking up a little earlier.I heard the front door slam around 6:15, but after that I didn’t hear the snowblower like I thought I would. Okay, so if it wasn’t the snow, what was he doing out there?He’d go out every day, earlier and earlier. It was just a couple miles at first. Then he started

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3:12

The State of Middle Earth

Penny Wagers ·

2026/02/09

I’m going out to clean the pasture spring;I’ll only stop to rake the leaves away(And wait to watch the water clear, I may):I sha’n’t be gone long.—You come too.I’m going out to fetch the little calfThat’s standing by the mother. It’s so young,It totters when she licks it with her tongue.I sha’n’t be gone long.—You come too.—Robert Frost, “The Pasture”The Easterlings are passing through the wallThe Land of Golden Domes is falling inThe Cradle of the East is soon to fallBy mutual destruction from

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13:54

Ice Giants and the Missing Half

Penny Wagers ·

2026/02/02

This week’s story is “The Ice Giants,” recorded by Franz Xaver von Schönwerth. This cold snap is really something else, man, I’m telling you. Cailleach Beara ever tightens her icy grip on the long-shadowed land.I ventured out for a bit of social severance in the midst of this icy nonsense, but I didn’t stay out for long. The Old Hag plastered the forest in rimy sheets of cellophane; no surface was spared for miles. Walking down the Old Valley Trail, I saw hoof marks made before the ice was

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3:20

The Wrath of Winter

Penny Wagers ·

2026/01/26

Take care you find it's not inside the house where winter hits hardest. Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe

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8:27

Black Aggie

Penny Wagers ·

2026/01/19

Did you know that Grief has a twin? Around here, she does. Some have even sat in her lap. Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe

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5:08

The Hunter’s Bowl

Penny Wagers ·

2026/01/12

All local histories contain curiosities—even when absence tells most of the story. Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe

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6:09

My Voyage with Bran

Penny Wagers ·

2026/01/05

Myths will sometimes walk with you if you invite them along. And sometimes they'll keep pace for reasons of their own. Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe

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8:55

Why I’ll Never Use a Keurig

Penny Wagers ·

2025/12/29

Modern living requires more deliberate lines in the sand if you're not to get swept up by modernity. Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe

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6:46

St. George Rides Again

Penny Wagers ·

2025/12/22

Where does St. George get his courage from? The same place we get our own. Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe

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2:42

Ka-ZAM!

Penny Wagers ·

2025/12/16

Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe

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11:29

The Legend of Moll Dyer

Penny Wagers ·

2025/12/08

Was the hand upon the stone ever present? Or rather, did it ever leave? Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe

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3:17

The Awe and the Mystery

Penny Wagers ·

2025/12/02

There are things that should be explored this season—from the elevated to the everyday. Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe

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3:43

Problems on Turtle Island

Penny Wagers ·

2025/11/24

Our favorite personifications may or may not have turned to specters, but the land has reliably remained the same. Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe

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2:09

Invitation

Penny Wagers ·

2025/11/17

We still have the option to feel our existence, rather than analyze it. We just need to know where to go. Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe

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2:57

Where the Bears Are

Penny Wagers ·

2025/11/10

"The Blue Mountains are walking," Dogen said. But Gary Snyder reminds us that the Blue Mountains are also pumping gas, whether you believe it or not. Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe

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3:35

Cornwhispers

Penny Wagers ·

2025/11/03

The world's getting louder. All the more reason to make time for that "still, small voice." Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe

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3:53

Return to Broceliande

Penny Wagers ·

2025/10/27

We all have neighbors we never knew we had. They’re all out there, just beyond the window. Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe

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2:31

Older Autumn

Penny Wagers ·

2025/10/20

Uncle Ray knew it better than anyone: October’s got big lightning-rod energy. Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe

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