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Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Dear friend...newsletter #3

 



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      • Dear friend...newsletter #3

THE PROBLEM WITH TRAVEL by ADA LIMÓN

Every time I’m in an airport, I think I should drastically change my life: Kill the kid stuff, start to act my numbers, set fire to the clutter and creep below the radar like an escaped canine sneaking along the fence line. I’d be cable-knitted to the hilt, beautiful beyond buying, believe in the maker and fix my problems with prayer and property. Then, I think of you, home with the dog, the field full of purple pop-ups—we’re small and flawed, but I want to be who I am, going where I’m going, all over again.

for your listening pleasure

  • The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Songbook
  • Photographs and Memories - Jim Croce
  • When Can Do Hard Things (Glennon Doyle)
  • Where Should We Begin (Ester Perel)
  • Eva Cassidy - Songbird
  • Lonesome Dreams - Lord Huron
  • Stick Season - Noah Kahan
  • Sing Happy - Audra McDonald
  • Elaine Stritch Live at Liberty
  • Rubber Soul - The Beatles
  • Luck of the Draw - Bonnie Raitt
  • Fleetwood Mac - Rumors

what i'm reading

  • Tom Lake (Ann Patchett)
  • The Rest is Noise (Alex Ross)
  • Think Again (Adam Grant)
  • Finishing the Hat (Sondheim)
  • The ABC Murders (Agatha Christie)
  • Bittersweet (Susan Cain)
  • Come as You Are (Emily Nagoski)
  • A Doll's House (Ibsen)
  • Trapped! The Story of Floyd Collins (Brucker)

artists I'd admire (a short list)

  • Audra McDonald
  • Elaine Stritch
  • Chita Rivera
  • Angela Lansbury
  • Harolyn Blackwell
  • Julie Andrews
  • Gene Kelly
  • Leslie Odom, Jr
  • Alexandra Silber
  • Ruthie Henshall
  • Lea Salonga
  • Brian Stokes Mitchell
  • Kelli O'Hara

things that make me smile

  • personality quizzes
  • unlikely animal friendships
  • dark chocolate covered almonds
  • window boxes
  • needpoint pillows
  • volkswagon beetles
  • toile
  • patchwork quilts
  • doilies
  • terriers
  • leopard print
  • chamomile tea
  • fall foliage
  • vintage rose

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