Archive (Page 90) • thank you notes • Buttondown

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...

12/1/15

December 1, 2015

i'm thankful that even though it was a gray day yesterday and most of the trees in town have lost their leaves, when i was riding home, i turned a corner on...

11/30/15

November 30, 2015

i'm thankful that there's only one hour left till 5:00. i'm thankful that even though the track was unexpectedly closed for construction during my lunch, i...

11/29/15

November 29, 2015

i'm thankful that i'm not a smoker in the midwest in the winter. i'm thankful that i'm not a smoker in general, but after watching my neighbor step out onto...

11/28/15

November 28, 2015

i'm thankful for the line "my mama don't like you and she likes everyone" from the justin bieber song "love yourself," which made me laugh out loud as i...

11/27/15

November 27, 2015

i'm thankful for drinking slightly too much in the early afternoon. i'm thankful that when you drink slightly too much in the early afternoon, there is mid-...

11/26/15

November 26, 2015

i'm thankful that i am finding time this week to unsubscribe from all of the junk email i receive. i'm thankful that i have the time now to save time in the...

11/25/15

November 25, 2015

i'm thankful for the new frost on the grass. i'm thankful for the temperature causing my breath to condense into a cloud of vapor as i exhale. i'm thankful...

11/24/15

November 24, 2015

i'm thankful for the sound of our furnace. i'm thankful that unlike the heater in our last apartment, which sounded like twenty-one bb guns rapid firing into...

11/23/15

November 23, 2015

i'm thankful i'm on vacation. i'm thankful that i fell asleep early last night, not out of exhaustion, but out of warmth and comfort and relaxation. i'm...

11/22/15

November 22, 2015

i'm thankful for my birthday letter from d, which is the best letter i've ever received. i'm thankful for the last of my wonderful presents from her. i'm...

11/21/15

November 21, 2015

i'm thankful that i was born on this day thirty years ago. i'm thankful i'm not dead. i'm thankful that tomorrow exists and i can write more then.

11/20/15

November 20, 2015

i'm thankful for my wife d today and yesterday and every day forever. i'm more thankful for her than anyone or anything else in the world. i'm thankful for...

11/19/15

November 19, 2015

i'm thankful that it stopped raining. i'm thankful that though i messed up my rear brake while avoiding a puddle yesterday, i did not crash (and also did not...