We did it, Joe. The summer issue of Good Things exists, and it exists before October! That, my friends, is a good thing in and of itself. Here are the links! Good Things: Summer 2021
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Good Things
Good Things: Spring edition!
Is it still Spring? Technically yes! It’s Spring until June 20th, and I will take that calendar evidence and run with it (even though it was 95 degrees all weekend and everyone knows anything past
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Good Things
Good Things: A tiny seasonal magazine!
It only took three years to get to this inauspicious moment. Can. you. believe it?! Of course you can, because three years is approximately how long it takes me to make most decisions. Here’s the
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The Slant
Expelliarmus!
If you walked past our house last fall, you may have heard shouting. Specific shouting. To the tune of, “USE YOUR WAND!” This is not because the dark days of 2020 caused Jenny and me
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The ongoing lesson of Us and Them
Once upon a time, I went to volleyball camp. This may come as a surprise, since most of you know me well enough to know that I am not athletic. That is true! And it
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2021: The Mary Oliver Year
Hello and welcome to our annual “It’s ok to be chill about the New Year” PSA. Every year, the January Crazy Train comes charging through the station right after the holidays end. It’s the one
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Life
Small comforts for election week
It’s election week, friends. Cue: Kermit the Frog frantically waving his arms in panic. Personally, I’ve been anxious about this week since, like, January 2nd. So I am doubling down on every comfort I can
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Last year/this year/next year in Green Bay
Green and gold grandmas and greasy-haired uncles and moms with sparkly cheesehead helmets. Packers attire from Walmart, from thrift stores, from 1998. The $64-a-night Bay Motel, complete with breakfast coupons from the motel diner and
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Everything that matters will last
Apparently I need regular train rides to make any progress here. Related: I really miss my bagel routine. In other news, it’s officially summer—and, obviously, a summer unlike any other. When the world isn’t burning
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… and you still have permission to press pause
I wasn’t expecting to press pause for a month after my last post. I also wasn’t expecting a pandemic, but here we are! 2020 feels like an alternate reality, doesn’t it? Like we’ve been dropped