Thanks to the word that gives thanks. Thanks to the gratitude for how excellently the word melts snow or iron.
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! happy thanksgiving !
Recently, we were stopped in our tracks by this yellow exclamation point. It is by artist Richard Artschwager, whose work is the focus of a retrospective at the Whitney. Knowing nothing about him, we poked around and found this potent snippet about his amazing !. …Artschwager’s “blps,” black punctuation-like marks..are intended to make their immediate…
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thanks and wow! (friends w benefits)
When we launched our fund-raising experiment, Friends with Benefits, we were amazed and heartened to get emails from some readers asking if they could pledge more than the $5, $7, or $9 monthly we gave as options on the PayPal menu. That’s possible now. THANK YOU to those who pledged and the many welcome single…
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thanks on an ordinary day
On an “ordinary” day, we found this photo in our Inbox, with a note: “A big fat sign and reminder of what’s important on a beautiful fall day.” And soon after, we found this post by Anne Herbert at Peace and Love and Noticing the Details: “I’m thankful that the morning sky is skidding across…
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