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Roller skates and a mic (a birthday list update)
Vivian’s 11th birthday is coming up and the birthday list(s) have been rolling in. Here are the most recent drafts.
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The irrational other
Jerry Colonna’s book Reboot explores the emotional baggage we all carry and how we can each use a practice of self-inquiry to sort through it all. While it certainly contains a wealth of helpful approaches and ideas, one concept stuck out in particular for me: the concept of the Irrational Other.
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Rubee hurt
Our dog Rubee got a nasty cut on her leg while she and I were out running. She ran off into the woods towards the end of our route, same thing she’s done a hundred times, but when she came back she was limping and bleeding quite badly. After an emergency vet appointment, they booked…
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Fourth Taekwondo grading
The kids and I completed our fourth grading in Taekwondo last weekend. We’ve been practicing together for nearly 3 years now and have come a long way since our first grading. Just like this is our last winter in Scotland, this will be our last grading here as well, although I’m really hoping to find…
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Feeling better
What’s worse than being sick? Being sick while on a holiday for your wife’s birthday! That was me last week, feeling like this tree looks, and it got me thinking again (strangely) about elections (ugh) and what’s most important to me.
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Yussef Dayes, DJ Harrison, and more of my favorite albums from February 2024
“That’s kind of what the whole vibe of the whole record is – being a producer, and being a beat maker, and being a songwriter but taking it to another level where I’m doing very intensive research. But also seeing if I can get it to sound like me.” DJ Harrison on Shades of Yesterday…
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Self 1 and Self 2
Everyone has probably talked to themselves before, and probably not in a nice way, but have you ever thought about just who you are talking to? You are talking to your other self.
Writing and drawings by Nick.
