The last list of 2020. Abbott vs Adler. Rain vs hot pool. Mask-erade vs masquerade. It’s new year’s eve eve; there’s almost just one last night of 2020… Entertainment Sacks and the City podcast episode 18 is our longest at 54 minutes, but it’s really like eavesdropping (with permission) on a long conversation between friends.…
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Can you imagine that it’ll be 2021 for the next Feel Good Friday gratitude list?! So the last list of 2020 is a special hand-drawn graphic edition. Because why not mix it up at the very end of the year?! But also because Christmas 2020’s sunset was truly spectacular… Grateful for my family.
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Hard to believe Christmas is two days away … it should be a pretty low-key, relaxing holiday for me this year; I’m looking forward to it. Entertainment This twitter thread on a Muslim’s first Christmas has gone viral for good reason: hilarious and so true. WHY ARE ORNAMENTS SO EXPENSIVE?! Sacks and the City podcast…
5 Things on a Late Christmas List
It’s sunny and 65 here, so it hardly feels like Christmas. But I’m pretty sure my parents called every member of my family from Costco or some other shopping destination today, asking us questions about what the others wanted. Don’t worry, mom and dad, no one has bought anyone anything yet—and what I have bought,…
Home | Feel Good Friday 121820
When I moved away from Austin, it was noticeable when the airport that felt like home changed: first to Aspen, then to John Wayne. And even when I moved back, it took a bit for ABIA to feel like home. But now it does, again. Still, grateful for my amazing trip to OC to celebrate…
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As the vaccine rolls out, I’ve had friends in the medical profession react across the spectrum: immediately receiving it; or sharing content about why they won’t be doing so. I want to leave some research here: Death rates remain consistent year over year … where did the seasonal flu go? Side effects of the vaccines…
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To try to put into words what it feels like to be welcomed into a whole other family, as part of it, as if I was never not, is impossible. My brother, his fiancee, and I are a bit of a family unit already, and going to Rio and being welcomed into her family as…
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Live from Brazil … lest you think I forgot your covidtainment post! After wearing a mask for 11 hours in an airplane and longer in airports, I can assure you I have forgotten nothing about covid. Brazil’s enforcement/social experience of masking up is pretty similar to Texas’, so it feels pretty natural here. Meanwhile, love…
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Beach AND Mountains?! How have I not been here before? I could not be more grateful to be in Brazil right now with my brother and Teti, and I’ll share Rio pics next week, as this week there’s some reflecting to look back over and be grateful for… Piracanjuba Brazilian whey protein drink—I am not…
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I’m headed out on my first airplane trip in 10 months. To help understand COVID-19, the data, science, and politics, make sure you sign up for the new newsletter from my dear friend and the smartest, most logical Nurse Practitioner I know: bit.ly/veronicamax Entertainment An 8-mile long wall of art deep in the Amazon is…