Archive (Page 90) • thank you notes • Buttondown

12/22/15

December 22, 2015

i'm thankful for how a few months of commuting on my bike has given me access to a whole world of driving feelings that i never experienced in thirty years...

12/21/15

December 21, 2015

i'm thankful that there was a problem with cell signals traveling through the air when i went running through the thick gray morning yesterday and so neither...

12/20/15

December 20, 2015

i'm thankful for that we went to the art museum on the last weekend before the fall exhibition closes. i'm thankful for the exhibition, which introduced me...

12/19/15

December 19, 2015

i'm thankful to get let out of work a little early on a friday afternoon. i'm thankful to the faculty member who let me out of work a little early, and i'm...

12/18/15

December 18, 2015

i'm thankful that i had a horrible night last night. i'm thankful that i woke up at 2am and couldn't go back to sleep within a few minutes, for the first...

12/17/15

December 17, 2015

i'm thankful for a thought i had while writing yesterday's thank you notes, but forgot to include, which has to do with the increments of time we use to...

12/16/15

December 16, 2015

i'm thankful for my morning yoga in an empty gym. i'm thankful that, unlike so many people, i have a labor union that collectively bargains for my benefits...

12/15/15

December 15, 2015

i'm thankful for ds, who delivers our bulk print orders. i'm thankful how he often sneaks in silently to drop off his overstuffed envelopes of quizzes and...

12/14/15

December 14, 2015

i'm thankful that though it was raining during my ride to work this morning, it was just intermittent sprinkles. i'm thankful that it's still warm outside,...

12/13/15

December 13, 2015

i'm thankful that i took yesterday off from writing these notes, and i'm thankful that i've decided i'll allow myself one day off a week if i want it. i'm...

12/11/15

December 11, 2015

i'm thankful for the squirrel who i came upon while he dug into the dirt at the base of a dogwood tree outside the art museum. i'm thankful for his...

12/10/15

December 10, 2015

i'm thankful for the sky in all its elegant variations. i'm thankful that last night, riding my bike home slightly too drunk from the office christmas party,...

12/9/15

December 9, 2015

i'm thankful for galangal, which i bought a knob of on a whim at the grocery store last week. i'm thankful that we have enough international students here...

12/8/15

December 8, 2015

i'm thankful for morning stretches, which prepare the body to bear the weight of the day. i'm thankful for the pack of little boys who rumble down the alley...

12/7/15

December 7, 2015

i'm thankful for an unseasonably warm and sunny afternoon yesterday. i'm thankful that when i couldn't figure out what podcast i wanted to listen to while i...

12/6/15

December 6, 2015

i'm thankful that i woke up this morning after a good night's sleep to a pink sunrise streaming through the gaps in the blinds. i'm thankful that i watched...

12/5/15

December 5, 2015

i'm thankful for unexpectedly canceled plans. i'm thankful for [redacted] juicy gossip about people i know. i'm thankful for gossip in general, even though i...

12/4/15

December 4, 2015

i'm thankful for the way that fog haunts buildings and smudges the tops of trees into the sky. i'm thankful for today's blanket of thick frost, which has...

12/3/15

December 3, 2015

i'm thankful that my work phone rang this afternoon and the caller asked to speak with a doctoral student who i know. i'm thankful that though the doctoral...

12/2/15

December 2, 2015

i'm thankful for the excellent run that i had at lunch today. i'm thankful that the tall, thin, incredibly fast jamaican guy who always smokes everybody was...