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The keynote of American civilization is a sort of warm-hearted vulgarity. The Americans have none of the irony of the English, none of their cool poise, none of their manner. But they do have friendliness. Where an Englishman would give you his card, an American would very likely give you his shirt.
– Raymond Chandler
1. the bus driver wave (you know what I’m talking about – the universal way all bus drivers wave to each other as they pass one another)
2. the abundance of tomatoes on one of our tomato plants:
3. spending this past Saturday with my family and David at a cabin in the mountains, playing games, cooking out, making S’mores, relaxing in the hot tub:
What are you happy about today?
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Monuments are the grappling irons that bind one generation to another.
– Joseph Joubert
1. Rec League softball on the National Mall, in the shadow of the Capitol
2. the first whiff of honeysuckle in the Spring
3. therapy
What are you thankful for today?
And have a little trust in us
when fear obscures the path
You know we got this far, darlin’,
Not by luck, but by never turnin’ back
– Mary Chapin Carpenter, The Hard Way
1. Feeling like yourself again
2. Our first tomato!
Or, at least, the beginnings of one! This is farther than my tomatoes ever got last year, so I’m psyched!
3. Being able to leave the windows open at night.
What are you grateful for/happy about today?
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
– Fran Liebowitz
There was an item in this morning’s commuter paper (an offshoot of the Washington Post) on Mia Farrow’s hunger strike to raise awareness about the situation in Darfur. Here’s what it said:
Mia Farrow ended her 21-day hunger strike for Darfur nine days early, People [Magazine] reported. “I just got weaker and weaker,” she said. By Friday, her blood sugar had dropped dangerously low, and she found it difficult to stand. “I was very disappointed,” she says.
Now, look, I understand that the point of the item is that she didn’t last the full 21 days that she intended to, but honestly, what exactly did she think was going to happen when she STOPPED EATING?
Sure I am this day we are masters of our fate, that the task which has been set before us is not above our strength; that its pangs and toils are not beyond our endurance. As long as we have faith in our own cause and an unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied us.
– Winston Churchill
Sorry for the delayed post – I got home last night to discover that our internet is down. We’re not sure why, and it still wasn’t working this morning, either, so we’ll have to look into it.
This past week has been tough for me, and while I’m feeling quite a bit better than I was, I’m still struggling a bit. I’m not sure how much of what’s happening, if any, I’m going to share here, so I just ask for your patience. It’s hard for me to write anything except what I’m feeling or thinking about in the moment, and since so much of what’s consumed me lately is this thing that’s causing me to struggle, and since I’m not sure how much of that I want to share here, posting is likely to be scarce for a bit.
That said, here’s what I was grateful for yesterday:
1. the ability to hang in there
2. asking for and receiving advice from someone you really trust, and having the courage to do your best to follow it, even when it’s hard
3. a second full day without tears, which leads you to think that, although it might take some time, it’s going to get better
How about you?
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