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thank you notes 7/1

i'm thankful that i have been managing to fit lots of things into my mornings this week—i'm thankful that yesterday, i not only was able to write my notes...

thank you notes 6/30

i'm thankful for the difference between pieces of watermelon closer to the rind and pieces closer to the center. i'm thankful for the way that the pieces...

thank you notes 6/29

i'm thankful for the dream last night where i met taylor swift. i'm thankful that in the dream, she was standing out in the rain on the curb outside an urban...

thank you notes 6/28

i'm thankful for my small emergency stash of xanax. i'm thankful that i thought i had lost them for several years but then found the orange plastic bottle...

thank you notes (fsa)(11)

i am thankful for the withering jacaranda trees in lisbon, thankful for the lilac mantle that covers the traditional portuguese tiles of calçada with added...

thank you notes 6/26

i'm thankful that when i stepped out back this morning in my loosely-tied bathrobe and flip flops to deposit a bag of kitchen trash in the garbage can, i...

thank you notes 6/25

i'm thankful we quit watching the movie deadpool after the first twenty minutes or so (i'm thankful that it was probably a bad sign when, trying to search...

thank you notes 6/24

i'm thankful that yesterday, which was a difficult day, emotionally and physically, is over and that we are now in today.i'm thankful that now, the third...

i'm thankful for the guy with really nice hair i saw at south ken station last night. i'm thankful for the joy i felt when i saw him in my tube carriage on...

thank you notes 6/22

i'm thankful for small planes that tow banners. i'm thankful for how when i lived in miami and laid out on the beach in the afternoon reading or working on...

thank you notes (kflo)(5)

i'm thankful for my first day back in college. i'm thankful to have spent the last few weeks of being a non-student by covertly, anxiously preparing myself...

thank you notes 6/21

i'm thankful that in an hour, i won't have this job anymore. i'm thankful that i'm sad to be leaving even though i'm also happy to be leaving. i'm thankful...

thank you notes 6/20

i'm thankful to have recently watched midnight special and rewatched interstellar, both of which are on the spectrum of sentimental/spiritual science fiction...

thank you notes 6/19

i'm thankful for two unnecessarily torturous bike rides i've taken in the past two days. i'm thankful that yesterday i had the idea that we would bike to the...

I'm thankful for what I built.I'm thankful for everyone else's excitement when I couldn't feel much at all.I'm thankful for gifted prosecco and fancy...

thank you notes 6/17

i'm thankful that tomorrow i will celebrate a year of marriage to d. i'm thankful to celebrate on saturday, even though our anniversary technically isn't...

thank you notes 6/16

i'm thankful for caity weaver's profile of kim kardashian, which brought me immeasurable joy and is the best writing about her that i've ever read. i'm...

I'm thankful I got into a facebook argument with my Uncle yesterday. I'm thankful that my Uncle, the youngest of five men in his family, is a known loud-...

thank you notes 6/15

i'm thankful my mom texted me this morning after her run to thank me for "fostering a love of running" in her. i'm thankful to remember the summer after...

thank you notes 6/14

i'm thankful that yesterday morning the doe was back in the backyard and there was a tiny baby deer with her, frolicking in the dappled light. i'm thankful...

thank you notes 6/13

i'm thankful for my plastic day of the week pill box, which helps me to keep track of my medication (i'm thankful that i freudian typo-ed this as...

thank you notes 6/12

i'm thankful that the other day when i was washing dishes, i looked out of the window. i'm thankful that what i was expecting to see when i looked out the...

thank you notes (marco)

I am thankful for regaining my sense of smell and taste after losing it for two years. There was a psychosomatic component that ultimately resulted in a...

thank you notes 6/10

i'm thankful for the season finale of the americans, though i don't have anything articulate to say about it. i'm thankful sometimes to be left mute by awe....

thank you notes (moe)(3)

i'm thankful for going out to a buffet on the other side of town with my colleagues yesterday. i'm thankful there was a lot of laughter and it felt warm and...

thank you notes 6/8

i'm thankful that i am getting better at handling the conversations in which people express sadness (or, even more awkwardly, sadness in the form of mock-...

thank you notes (fsa)(10)

i am yet again thankful for change. i am thankful for how i thought j and i’s relationship would never change but it still does every day, and how more and...

thank you notes 6/7

i'm thankful that i left my resignation letter in my boss's desk chair at the end of the day yesterday, with a note on the envelope asking her to read it and...

thank you notes 6/6

i'm thankful that yesterday morning, i went on the longest bike ride i've ever taken (almost 22 miles). i'm thankful, since i've had to give up going on long...

thank you notes (6/6)(kardashians special edition)

i'm thankful that this week's episode of keeping up with the kardashians, which i just got done watching, made me more uncomfortable and unhappy than any...

thank you notes 6/5

i'm thankful that to celebrate some personal news, on my way home friday night i bought nice sandwich ingredients for us, including expensive ham and roast...

thank you notes (dana)

[ed: i'm thankful for the opportunity to share some recent thank you notes by dana, who posts daily notes on her tumblr, which is wonderful. if you'd like to...

thank you notes 5/3

i'm thankful for qigong, which i have been practicing the past few days and really enjoying. i'm thankful that it gives me a lot of the positive mental and...

thank you notes 6/2

i'm thankful that though there were some crazy thunderstorms yesterday afternoon, they had stopped by the time i had to bike home. i'm thankful that i...

i'm thankful to be writing this on the stationary bike. i'm thankful for my crazy schedule that means that i'm at the gym at 11pm on a monday. i'm thankful...

thank you notes 6/1

i'm thankful that yesterday evening attempting to bake a potato in the microwave tripped a breaker. i'm thankful that i don't usually have to microwave baked...

thank you notes 5/31

i'm thankful for three day weekends that include monday. i'm thankful for all three day weekends, but especially for three day weekends that include monday,...

thank you notes 5/29

i'm thankful for the experience of throwing a ball into the air and catching it. i'm thankful that ever since the first forced exercise of childhood, i've...

thank you notes 5/28

i'm thankful i did the homework assignment i had to do over the weekend (not this) this morning so that i didn't have to think about it. i'm thankful that...

thank you notes 5/27/16

i'm thankful for videos of "insane domino tricks," which are always satisfying mental furniture. i'm thankful for the way that a run of dominoes has a...

thank you notes 5/26

i'm thankful that i helped to pack and load several hundreds of pounds of equipment being sent by our department to youth leaders in ghana as part of a...

thank you notes 5/25

i'm thankful that our lawn, which had been reclaimed by nature and was host to several foot high weeds and grasses, as well as a wide variety of wild flora...

thank you notes 5/24

i'm thankful for this season of keeping up with the kardashians, which has been really good so far. i'm thankful to roughly posit, building on my critically-...

thank you notes (zilla)

I am thankful for the opportunity to be thankful. I am thankful that my son who, when he was younger, saw no point in literature now is an English major and...

thank you notes 5/23

i'm thankful that now that i'm back in my normal life, it feels like i should stop with these slow motion travelogues, though i'm thankful to have had the...

thank you notes 5/22

i'm thankful that d's conference offered breakfast in one of the hotel ballrooms on thursday and friday before the talks and panels started. i'm thankful...

thank you notes (kflo)(4)

i'm thankful for dreams. i'm thankful that i dreamt of the boy i was hilariously in love with from high school up to now. i'm thankful that in the dream, we...

thank you notes 5/20

i'm thankful that on wednesday morning, we woke up rested and refreshed. i'm thankful that the time zone here is one hour earlier, so even though we still...

thank you notes 5/18

I'm thankful that my passport, issued in 2006, has expired and I now have this picture to send in for my new one. I'm thankful that my old photo, taken when...