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An Ode to the Misread (A love letter to the driver of the #50 bus) (opens the original)
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“How’s it going today?” asks the driver as I attempt to board the bus. My left leg has a mind of its own, devoted to embarrassing me. When I lift it, sometimes it likes to do an unscheduled dance routine.I put an end to the unintentional choreography with an abrupt stomp and say “Oh, pretty good.”We are beginning to recognize one another as I take this bus all the time. He is distinctive, his long hair tucked in a skull cap, his face covered in tattoos, his uniform shirt hangs
A Small Kindness Remembered (opens the original)
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Author’s note: I did not change a word from when I wrote this is 2012. I have now been flying for 25 years as I started May 4, 2001. Today, like most people, I think about where I was eleven years ago. I’d had my job as a flight attendant for only a handful of months, and in a strange scheduling twist I was home in Seattle when I had been scheduled to be out flying. When I heard the news, I felt an immediate kinship with the crews working on the planes for obvious reasons. Then I considered the
My Nervous System Is Healing and It's Annoying (opens the original)
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Here we are at the end of summer, and I am not mad about it. I truly savored this summer, taking extended time off work as a birthday gift to myself, and it was restorative AF. But I do love sweater and boot weather, and the countdown is on until it’s dark in the afternoon and I can quit life early. The dark equals comfy sweats and TV time. If you want to be an active member of society, by all means, knock yourself out. I intend to spend a disproportionate number of hours making “cozy” a lifesty
Fine, I'll Be 60. (opens the original)
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Excessively Frugal? Excitement Impaired? (opens the original)
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Written in 2013, reposted as it’s evergreen and I’m chipping away at some new nonsense. Those who know me well know that I have strong opinions about how the world should be. With that in mind, I try to listen as much as I talk as I’ve come to the conclusion that absorbing other people’s ideas and fusing them with your own is a great exercise in keeping your mind and heart open. Getting set in your ways seems to be a part of getting older and I am actively fighting that shit like there’s no tomo
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