Carl’s Corner - Absurd Meditations from the Meadow
William Pelletier
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S1E10 On Closing the Meadow Gate (Or Trying To, Anyway)
In the final episode of Season 1, Carl attempts to close a gate. It resists. Naturally.What follows is not a tidy conclusion, but a lingering meditation on endings, uncertainty, exhaustion, and the…
S1E9 On Packing Grace for the Inevitable Moments When Everything Goes Wrong
In this episode of Carl’s Corner, Carl opens his Just-In-Case Box and shares what he’s learned about preparing for emotional emergencies—not with panic, but with care.Through fence malfunctions,…
S1E8 On Worshipping Small Things With Enormous Reverence
In this episode of Carl’s Corner, Carl builds a shrine from a flat rock, three raisins, a maple leaf poem, and a patch of determined moss—and discovers that sacred space doesn’t require permission,…
S1E7 On the Magnificent Foolishness of Believing in Impossible Things
In this episode of Carl’s Corner, Carl stands beside a handful of stubborn green shoots growing in dust and learns what they have to teach about hope—the irrational, essential kind that persists even…
S1E6 On Turning Your Life Into Art When It Feels Like Abstract Nonsense
In this episode of Carl’s Corner, Carl finds himself surrounded by pebbles, dried grass, judgmental raisins, and one inexplicable cucumber wearing a tiny hat—and realizes he may have accidentally…
S1E5 On the Sacred Art of Roaring at Things That Deserve It
In this episode, Carl faces a gate. Not a metaphorical one—a literal gate. It won’t open. It’s poorly designed. And it becomes the perfect scapegoat (pun entirely intended) for every pent-up emotion…
S1E4 On the Revolutionary Act of Lying Down and Refusing to Move
In this episode, Carl explores the wildly subversive act of... doing absolutely nothing. Not as failure. Not as defeat. But as a gentle rebellion against a world that confuses motion with…
On the Sacred Art of Being Magnificently Wrong
In this episode, Carl gently guides us through the uncomfortable (but oddly freeing) terrain of being deeply, spectacularly wrong. Whether you’ve ever committed to a terrible idea with full…
S1E2 On the Revolutionary Act of Eating a Cracker While Your Life Falls Apar
In this episode, Carl finds himself unraveling in the meadow—lost in a spiral of thoughts about productivity, doom, and whether rocks might be judging him. But in the middle of this existential…
S1E1 On the Philosophy of Enough-ness
In the debut episode of Carl’s Corner, Carl—our snack-obsessed, contemplative goat—tackles the relentless pressure to optimize, self-improve, and achieve “excellence.” Instead, he proposes something…
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Carl’s Corner - Absurd Meditations from the Meadow has published 10 episodes since January 2026, covering topics in Philosophy, Society & Culture.
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