Phil
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Phil
I have thousands of photos of my children but few that I’ve set aside to revisit. I have records of virtually every text I’ve sent since I was in college but no idea how to find the ones that meant something. I spent years blasting my thoughts to millions of people on X and Facebook even as I fell behind on correspondence with dear friends. I have... See more
Ezra Klein • Happy 20th Anniversary, Gmail. I’m Sorry I’m Leaving You.
The call came on a Monday at 2:30pm.
It was my dad.
He'd been losing weight at warp speed.
The first doctors he saw, overwhelmed and run-down with covid patients, told him it was nothing to worry about.
They were... See more
Michael Thompsonsubstack.comThings to come back to when I’m feeling meh
I want a fishing lesson from this guy 👊🏻
Let's hope he has more days to fish with his family.
The First Draft of Anything is . . . (another questionable writing quote from Hemingway)
firewater65firewatersite.wordpress.com
Who really said what 👍🏻
That is making sense to me - this morning as I think about being 66 years old!
> “I believe that storytelling can be a strategy to help you make sense out of your life.” RIP writer Dorothy Allison, author of the classic Bastard Out of Carolina.
Phil Laddensubstack.comToday I will tell stories.
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Never Enough - by Andrew Wilkinson
Next read.
Since the note is in my notebook, it presumably has some meaning to me.
Joan Didion • On Keeping A Notebook
Keeping a daily log - a list