Archive (Page 51) • thank you notes • Buttondown

12/4/17

December 4, 2017

i'm thankful that d put up our little artificial christmas tree in our front window yesterday afternoon and that when i walked down the dark hallway to the...

12/3/17

December 3, 2017

i'm thankful for the tex mex restaurant within walking distance of our house where we had lunch yesterday. i'm thankful that when we entered, they were...

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December 2, 2017

i'm thankful to have recently seen the 1980 classic comedy 'nine to five' for the first time, in a theatre. i'm thankful for lily tomlin's effortlessly...

12/1/17

December 1, 2017

i'm thankful for that weird phenomenon where you search for a song you want to hear on spotify and play it from the search results and then go back to...

11/30/17

November 30, 2017

i'm thankful for the internet, which is a pandora's box out of which flies so many monsters, but is also a source of so much joy and connection. i'm thankful...

11/29/17

November 29, 2017

i'm thankful that though i don't normally like holiday episodes of TV shows, since they usually involve over-indulgence in high-fructose sentimentality, i...

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November 28, 2017

I am thankful that trying to finish my dissertation has forced me to confront all my worst tendencies: my insecurity, perfectionism, self-criticism, and all...

11/27/17

November 27, 2017

i'm thankful for how thinking about going back to work is so hard on the monday morning after a vacation, even though that sucks and i am not enjoying it...

11/26/17

November 26, 2017

i'm thankful for my marriage to d, which is the best and most important thing in my life, even though sometimes like most people we hit bumps in the road and...

11/25/17

November 25, 2017

i'm thankful for the times when i find myself running on a strange road that doesn't have a sidewalk and the shoulder is nonexistent or narrow, so i end up...

11/24

November 24, 2017

i'm thankful that in fall and winter, the water that comes out of the tap is very cold, which makes it more pleasant to drink. i'm thankful that it's not as...

11/23

November 23, 2017

i’m thankful i lied about having to work today so i didn’t have to spend it with my conservative relatives in tennessee.

11/22/17

November 22, 2017

i'm thankful we didn't have to work today. i'm thankful that though it was below freezing, we went on a long walk into town. i'm thankful that we have warm...

11/21

November 21, 2017

i'm thankful that i was born thirty two years ago today. i'm thankful that despite all the shitty things about the world, i was born into it. i'm thankful to...

11/20

November 20, 2017

i'm thankful to have raked the leaves in our front yard yesterday. i'm thankful for the pleasure of moving leaves strewn across the yard into large piles,...

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November 19, 2017

i'm thankful that though i lost my job, i have an opportunity to pursue something new. i'm thankful to hope my next position will be more closely related to...

11/18

November 18, 2017

i’m thankful that though yesterday they said it was going to rain all day, now it’s only going to rain in the afternoon.

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November 17, 2017

i’m thankful to be lost. i’m thankful to know—and to admit—i’m lost. i’m thankful that being lost is a necessary step in understanding what i want out of the...

11/16

November 16, 2017

i'm thankful that though i had one of those nights of sleep where your bad dreams feel so real that you start to believe them and can't find the border...

11/15

November 15, 2017

i'm thankful that they finally fixed the large gap in our back fence, which means that i can walk around naked in the back of the house without worrying that...