Gratitude #1:I’ve written about this song before. It carried me home today, though, so I’m writing about it again. Farewell Transmission is a song by Songs: Ohia, a recording name used by Jason Andrew Molina as both a solo artist and as part of a group. The song is from the 2003 album, Magnolia Electric …
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Three Things, Day 6: This, a Doll Face & MST3K
What a busy, hard, weird week-and-a-half it’s been. To be fair, though, it’s been a busy, hard, weird month. And to be even more fair, it’s been a busy, hard, weird couple of years. Last week I got through each day and was happy to call that good enough. Even some stuff I’ve been looking …
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Three Things, Day 5: Timing, Driving & Crabs
1.I’m halfway to Baltimore as I write this. I’m spending the night with my step-daughter and her fiancé near Binghamton, NY., and I’ll finish the trip early tomorrow. My daughter attends college in Maryland and needs their snow tires. “I could just get them at Thanksgiving,” they said, but I’d rather not risk it. Then, …
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Three Things, Day 4:
1.It’s been an exceptionally challenging week at school, largely due to the thing that’s making every week of school challenging this year: COVID-19. I mentioned this yesterday, but today was more of the same and a big part of the reason I ended up being grateful. After lunch, the kiddos gathered on the big rug …
Three Things, Day 3: Relief, Warmth & Journey
1.I gotta tell you, as I sit to write this, the thing I’m most grateful for in this moment is that the day is nearly done. It started with oversleeping, which meant I didn’t get a head start on writing this. Then work was a wild ride. I’ll simply say this: if anyone in your …
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