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DOLLY
We've got 🌟 loads 🌟 of sunny Dolly Parton content ahead, but first, a framework for good in troubled times: It’s been a volatile, disorienting few weeks in national/global events and discourse, and I've gotta be honest: I didn't really know how or when to insert buoyant content into our heavy flood of current events, this despite confidently pledging at the end of my Notes sectio n that I'd keep the show going even on dark news days. However, the days have now turned in
6 days ago13 min read
THE CASE FOR JANUARY
Happy New Year, everyone! Did you all make it through the holidays okay? Highlights? Lowlights? I did not intend to have an extended holiday absence here at Here’s One Good Thing , but amid the many holiday highlights, one lowlight (which happened right in the middle of a highlight ) involved knocking over an empty water glass while telling a story, holding a spurt-y hand wound above my heart as directed by my visiting friend who takes first aid training every two years;
Jan 78 min read
GOOD LIGHT
Last week was a dark one in the news — Bondi Beach, Brown University, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner. It was a bit darker on a more personal scale, too: Rick and I were back in Chicago for a memorial service on Monday, seeing the face of grief on our family friends up close. Several in my circle are managing this first holiday season without a loved one, and I know from experience that old grief rears back up this time of year. Today — December 19 — we are also in t
Dec 20, 20256 min read
