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Hi again, Today I turn 30. As you might recall I love my birthday. Unfortunately last week I caught a (very mild) case of COVID, so birthday…
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Hi again. I’m working on a theory of compliments. (Which, I suppose, is a theory of insults in reverse.) Maybe that’s an exaggeration. But I’ve been…
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Hi again. In the recent past I have spent a good deal of time with two pieces of media that take place during seventh grade: Pen15, the TV show wherein…
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Hi again. I read two books on the theme of freedom recently. They both came out in 2021: Maggie Nelson’s On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint…
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Hi again. What a strange year. Mostly, for me, the best to be hoped for in 2021 was stasis. Mostly, for me, the year hummed along, measured in (mostly…
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Hi again. I hope December has been treating you well — and if it hasn’t, I hope you have been able to find some peace and comfort despite it all. I’ll…
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Hi again. When Matt and I lived in Washington, D.C, we were often on the road late at night. A few times a year, we’d drive back to Massachusetts to…
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Hi again. It’s so nice to see you! (If you are wondering why I’m no longer showing up in your inboxes weekly/on Tuesdays, here’s your gentle reminder…
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Hi again. Do you trust your gut? A friend and I were discussing this the other day. I don’t, really, for the record. Though I wish I did! There’s…
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Plus a note about the future of constellations
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Hi again. Here’s a poem, by Heather Christle. “Perfect Song” I remember walking through the morning after a night of heavy snow and drink with…
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Hi again. Here is a list I’ve been keeping of euphonious words whose definitions I keep having to look up, and the articles where I have recently come…
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