Welcome to Steelsnowflake!

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After nine years of writing here, my goal for 2026 is to continue publishing engaging long-form essays on a range of topics. My bet is that people are still willing to read something from an actual human being that requires a few minutes of time and attention and wasn't created to shock, outrage, or sell something. 

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I write about the topics I'm passionate about, primarily history, philosophy, literature, poetry, art, and anything else that comes to mind. 

 

The writing on this blog isn't generated by AI and never will be. Good or bad, it's all me, written entirely by me. I'll not let a robot do my thinking or writing for me, even if it takes a thousand times longer to finish something. What's the point otherwise? 

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Anyway, please let me know if you like (or hate) something you read. It's good to hear from other readers. I'm one, too. We have that in common, and I suspect a lot more.

 

If you sign up below for updates, don't worry, I'll only email them a few times a year, and only after I've published a few essays, so you have some variety to choose from. You'll hear nothing unsolicited from me beyond that. Promise. I hate spam too. 

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Last, and very much least, a little about me. I'm a recently retired Army officer, now back at the university retraining to become a high school history teacher. That might slow me down on here for the next year or so, but it won't stop me. 

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(Updated 1 January 2026)​

- Paul