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day 19 of a month of Thanksgiving: old friends ~
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Britton Gildersleeve
Today I’m grateful for old friends. Perhaps because I moved so much as a child and a young adult, I have very few friends from my adolescence. And none, really, from my childhood. No one who knew me in elementary or middle school, for instance. Only a few who knew me in my 20s. So…
day 17 of a month of Thanksgiving: libraries ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
I’m exceedingly thankful for libraries. AND for librarians, who rank up there w/ superheroes (& heroines) to me. From my first foray into the bookmobile (travelling books?? what magic!), to the Việtnamese American Association Library around the street from us in Saigon, to the dusty musty stacks in grad school, I have been faithful to…
day 16 of a month of Thanksgiving: medical technology (& insurance) ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
Despite what it may look like, this is NOT a torture device. And it’s not really a toe screw (which IS an official instrument of torture). Nope, this is what I’m grateful for today: my newest in a long line of weird foot gear… It’s subbing for another painful, disorienting, and EXPENSIVE surgical procedure. So I’m verrry…
day 15 of Thanksgiving: everyday moments ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
the curve of a tree limb against blue sky a patch of yellow asters spangled with blue & black butterflies how fresh-ground coffee tastes on a cold damp morning the smell of November roses This is the kind of thing I’m thankful for today. Nothing spectacular, for most folks. But every now & then, my…
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