May 2023 ⁂ Welcome to Earth
I’m Chad Comello and this is Chadabout, a monthly update about what I've been writing, reading, and doing. Subscribe here!
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Hey all,
Sasha Sagan wrote in her book about how her father, the famous astronomer Carl Sagan, had a tradition of holding his newborns immediately after birth and telling them: "Welcome to the planet Earth." Earlier this month we welcomed our second child, and I did the same thing. Life on this pale blue dot keeps finding a way.
On to the links...
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1. My recent posts: How Hairspray and Once made me love musicals. Check out my new/old typewriter oil can. My recent views. A poem about seagulls.
2. From the interwebs: A museum of vintage gas station memorabilia. Fascinating look behind the scenes of celebrity ghostwriting.
3. Media of the moment: The Birdcage. Ted Lasso season 3. Splash. Queer Eye season 7. Speed.
4. Quote: “To know fully even one field or one land is a lifetime’s experience. In the world of poetic experience it is depth that counts, not width. A gap in a hedge, a smooth rock surfacing a narrow lane, a view of a woody meadow, the stream at the junction of four small fields—these are as much as a man can fully experience.” - Patrick Kavanagh
Chad
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Photo: Baseball diamond? Nah—giant sandbox.