Writing samples

Hey there! Here are some of my favorite recent posts. Please contact me with any thoughts or questions at matthew.becker@gmail.com. 1. Walk me out into the rain and snow Excerpt: This is the power …

And the darkness still has work to do

I was born in 1976. Not at the height of The Cold War — as it was more or less in its decline by then — but the world was still definitely in the thick of East vs West. It was a scary t…

February 2022 – Limited Overs

December 2021 – Limited Overs

Will England ever be good at Test cricket again?

Last night I was sitting at my dining room table in the house I had purchased with my partner this past June, writing longhand with a fountain pen on a legal pad. David Bowie’s Hunky Dory was…

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June 2021 – Limited Overs

I’m not alone. I’ll never be.

The Edgbaston Test didn’t go all that well for England. Not well at all in fact. Sure, they were missing several key players. Maybe more than several. But they were still firmly walloped by a…

Sorrow is just worn out joy

In August of 2011 my wife and I attended a wedding in a small town in Wisconsin. The wedding party all stayed in this gorgeous old hotel overlooking Lake Superior. It was a perfect few days. All ou…

10 Years After

12 days ago this blog had its ten year anniversary. 10 years. And I missed it. I knew it was coming, and I had planned to post that day, but it slipped my mind and now it’s 12 days later. Tha…