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🧵 Thursday Thread: The Best Books Thread Ever, Please!
What are you all reading right now? And why is it holding your attention? And most importantly, why should the rest of us be reading it too?!
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🧵 Thursday Thread: “I don't want you to be perfect. Why would I want that? I want you. I want all the parts of you, the broken ones, the…
The Wedding & Marriage Thread ... please share all your stories, happy, sad, funny, poignant, and in between
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🧵 Thursday Thread: “Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you. Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic…
Today I want YOU: Links to your Substack & other writing, recipes for your famous rhubarb pie (if only we could post pics in comments!), all your best…
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🧵 Thursday Thread: What should we watch right now?
Hi! Let's talk about shows/movies we're watching right now, or have watched recently or want to watch soon or think everyone else should watch, too!
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🧵 Thursday Thread: Can we talk about money?
We can't live without it but many of us have tarnished relationships with it. So, let's dig into our beliefs about money and how those beliefs shape our…
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🧵 Thursday Thread: Winter in the White Car
Have you ever driven blind, but ended up somewhere meaningful?
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🧵 Thursday Thread: She Always Loved Christmas ... a dark little holiday story
Because who doesn't love a dark little holiday story this time of year? Plus an invitation to share your own holiday joys, stresses, freak-outs, and…
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🧵 Thursday Thread: Caramel Rolls Are My Ritual. What's Yours?
Rituals are how we step into our private field of dreams, a small Elysium all our own. Rituals are made not just for us, but for those we want to pass…
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🧵 Thursday Thread: What's Your Ordinary Delight? It can be almost anything.
"Something implies that the more you study delight, the more delight there is to study.”― Ross Gay, The Book of Delights: Essays
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🧵 Thursday Thread: Do Stories Even Matter?
Does the mere act of creating stories imply hope, even in the darkest narratives?
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🧵 Thursday Thread: This is How Civilizations Heal
Artists have always faced steep challenges head on. It is our calling and our mandate.
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🧵 Thursday Thread: Let's Talk About TV! Share your favorites, please!
Hi! Let's talk about shows we're watching right now, or shows we've watched recently or want to watch soon or think everyone should binge!
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