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thank you notes (patrick)

January 16, 2016

i am thankful for the opportunity to write this note in a form which i had never really considered before because i generally find it very difficult to think...

thank you notes (julia)

January 15, 2016

i’m thankful this week that even though d was late for work on one of the most stressful weeks of his year, he held me while i cried a little - for the...

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January 14, 2016

i'm thankful for the broad mass of pink cloud hanging in the sky near the sun this morning during my commute, thankful for the way it looked like it had been...

thank you notes (L)

January 13, 2016

I'm thankful for the leftover daal in my freezer, the recipe which I finally managed to perfect last week. I'm thankful for bags of baby spinach and whole...

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January 13, 2016

i'm thankful for how crazy things have been this week with the students back on campus and the semester started and research projects restarted and tenure...

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January 12, 2016

i'm thankful for the story "i'm pretty comfortable, but i could be a little more comfortable" by lydia davis, which you can hear me read to you by clicking...

thank you notes (esmé)

January 11, 2016

there's a certain type of someone who can undo the knots in your chest when thinking becomes cyclical obsessive maddening. all it takes is a phone call in...

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January 11, 2016

i'm thankful that we went for a walk in the snow yesterday morning, even though it was very cold. i'm thankful that the cemetery wasn't yet plowed and so,...

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January 10, 2016

i'm thankful that when i woke up early this morning to go to the bathroom, i noticed, through the blurred scrim of my sleep eyes, that it seemed unusually...

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January 9, 2016

i'm thankful that on my walk home from work yesterday, i stopped at the gas station on the southern edge of downtown to buy something for us to have for...

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January 8, 2016

i'm thankful for the faculty member who asked me what i was drinking at lunch today, for how, when i told her it was kombucha, her face lit up and she said...

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January 7, 2016

i'm thankful for how beautiful the sky in the east was this morning when i left for work. i'm thankful for the way that, when i first saw it, riding down our...

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January 7, 2016

i'm thankful to open the weather app on my phone and see, for the first time this year, the snow icon beside several days next week. i'm thankful to hope...

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January 5, 2016

i'm thankful for this post by charlie stross, which explores how a society might advance technologically without writing. i'm thankful for world building is...

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January 4, 2016

i'm thankful that even though i had built up going back to work as this horrible huge ominous thing, it's actually been just fine and, as is almost always...

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January 3, 2016

i'm thankful that d likes the air plants that i got her for christmas. i'm thankful that air plants can remove nutrients and moisture from dust, which feels...

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January 3, 2016

i'm thankful that d likes the air plants that i got her for christmas. i'm thankful that air plants can remove nutrients and moisture from dust, which feels...

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January 1, 2016

i'm thankful for the gaudy gold-colored foil around the screw-top of the cheap spumante we bought to celebrate the year. i'm thankful for the leftover...

12/31/15

December 31, 2015

i'm thankful for the episode of the song exploder podcast i listened to about wilco's song "magnetized." i'm thankful to learn about jeff tweedy's...

12/30/15

December 30, 2015

i'm thankful that i got lost on my bike ride yesterday. i'm thankful that my phone died unexpectedly as i tried a new route in order to avoid the muddy...