thank you notes

my favorite photographer

July 19, 2022

i'm thankful for the instagram account of my favorite photographer, ashley gates.

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a nice pasta

July 18, 2022

i'm thankful for a nice pasta d and i made for lunch; a sauce from anchovies, shallots, garlic, tomato paste, some leftover cherry tomatoes, red pepper...

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the marks in the concrete of life

July 16, 2022

i'm thankful that i sat in the backyard after work yesterday and had a nice zoom call with ka while smoking a joint. i'm thankful for my friendship with her,...

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vlog

July 16, 2022

i'm thankful for fran meneses' vlog "reading at the park and painting my flat ☼ Brooklyn summer vlog"

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one of the best wikipedia entries i've ever read

July 12, 2022

i'm thankful that ec, when asked the other day about the most interesting fact she knew, immediately went into telling the story of tarrare, which may or may...

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invisible things

July 11, 2022

i'm thankful for the sunrise alarm clock that d got us during the depths of winter, which gradually increases the amount of light like the sun rising and...

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joint that ostensibly has 500mg of THC in it

July 9, 2022

i’m thankful for this joint i bought walking home that ostensibly has 500mg of THC in it (and feels like it).

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remember that thing that miranda july did

July 8, 2022

i'm thankful to share the notes i sent to my group chat about last night's love island, which, out of context if you're not watching the show live, are...

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i just turned around and went home

July 6, 2022

i'm thankful that i left the house for a run and a block later it started raining and rather than seeing if i could wait it out two blocks later i just...

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all the issues of the new yorker that aren’t the fiction issue

July 6, 2022

every summer when i receive the new yorker fiction issue, i’m thankful for all the issues of the new yorker that aren’t the fiction issue.

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a summer cocktail of a playlist

July 4, 2022

i'm thankful for geoff dyer, whose work i love and reread a lot and whose book paris trance i always reread every summer since the first summer i read it in...

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drowning practice

July 3, 2022

i'm thankful for drowning practice by mike meginnis which if you like the show the leftovers (and not just the premise but the general texture and vibes)...

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plums, peaches, and nectarines

July 2, 2022

i'm thankful we got to celebrate t's birthday the other night.i'm thankful when i make people laugh. i'm thankful for plums, peaches, and nectarines.i'm...

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my feet didn’t hurt

June 29, 2022

i’m thankful that my feet didn’t hurt at all during my run today.

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valium

June 28, 2022

i'm thankful, since i think i failed some conversational tests and/or my sociocultural profile seems to have disqualified from me ever getting prescribed...

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air conditioning on the hottest day of summer so far

June 27, 2022

i'm thankful for air conditioning on the hottest day of summer so far. i'm thankful, growing up in the south, that we always had central air. i'm thankful...

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a piece of fancy chocolate

June 25, 2022

i’m thankful e texted and asked me if i had an old video of her smelling and tasting a piece of fancy chocolate very stoned and i did.

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i don’t have to get up early tomorrow

June 24, 2022

i’m thankful that though my body is sore from activity and age i don’t have to get up early tomorrow because there are no meetings.

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blueberry muffins

June 23, 2022

i'm thankful that k texted me to tell me that two of the three books on her library hold list were ones i suggested (and i'm thankful that the third was one...

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he was like "you were an english major, weren't you"

June 22, 2022

i'm thankful that as the days have gotten longer and warmer, i've been staying up later. i'm thankful to have more time in the day that is not devoted to...

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