Is it worth the risk of papercuts to dog-ear practically every other page in Chloë Frayne's The Gravity Inside Us book of poetry + prose as a favorite? Well, yes.

Trusted. Valued. Essential. #pbs #sesamestreet #bigbird @wgbh.org @pbsnews.org

My most misanthropic theory of society is that a substantial degree of ignorance about each other was load-bearing. Under no circumstances should I know my neighbor believes China sent a team of gnomes to steal the 2020 United States presidential election.

Yellow Flower Field (2016)

Well, it's rainin' now.

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow -- 6 more weeks of winter. But he looked just cute as could be choosing his little scroll so I forgive him for everything. (Plus the high today is 80 here, so...)

Happy Groundhog Day! Watching a livestream of Gobbler's Knob while Don't Stop Believin' is sung (with lyrics updated to reflect Punxsutawney Phil's life, naturally) and Miss Pennsylvania twirls her fire batons in the background is such classic Americana I can't stand it.

Ugh this handbasket has like no leg room

The Red Clay Strays on repeat = January made bearable.

A short thread with some tips about Trump fatigue and the next few years: 1. Be prepared to pace yourself. Had too much for one day? Shut it down. Dig into work and hobbies. Find enjoyment.

🖤

I survived because the dumpster fire within me burned brighter than the dumpster fire around me

This wrecks me—every single time.

What can we smell from a quarter of a mile away?

Jacqueline Elsane (c.1932) by Tito-Livio de Madrazo (Spanish, 1899-1979) In Madrazo’s eye, Elsane was a vision in pink. Ever the firm believer in a bold line or a sweeping curve, he here lets the vertical element of the letter “J” play an uncustomarily decisive role.

"Things don't have to be the way they are. Despite all evidence to the contrary, I remain optimistic." Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation

we must become ungovernable

Edward Hopper, Automat (1927).

Williams Tavern, the host of many a happy canasta game in Southie with my favorite people, has long since been turned into condos. Luckily it lives on via Google street view.

"Are you at all afraid that you're going to some day know everything and not feel any better?" How to Rest in Peace, This American Life, #342, Nov 2 2007 www.thisamericanlife.org/342/how-to-r...

Coping via West Wing is always a good idea. Excepting s4e22. "You're just too sad for me, Toby." "What?" "You're too sad for me. You're just sad. You bring the sadness home with you and you're -- sad." "Did you feel this way when we were married? That I was sad? ...Did my friends feel like that?"

More Raymond Carver plz.

"Ghosting" by Andrea Cohen How cavalier people are -- with language and with silence. Any ghost will tell you -- the last thing we mean to do is leave you.

On a scale of 1 to yes, would it be too over-dramatic to compare losing a carefully curated Twitter community to Mark Antony's angst in Constantine Cavafy's "The God Abandons Antony"? "and say goodbye to her, to the Alexandria you are losing."

Walz: So if you are feeling deflated, discouraged today, I get it. Take some time. Take care of yourselves. And get back in this fight when you are ready. And know that whenever you are ready to get back in that fight, I will be standing right here, ready to fight with you.