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    Chutes and Ladders

    October 30, 2018

    A few days ago, I had this thought that life is kind of like standing in the middle of a ring of knife throwers at the circus. And I legitimately started writing about that, except

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    • “It is a strange and wonderful fact to be here, walking around in a body, to have a whole world within you and a world at your fingertips outside you. It is an immense privilege, and it is incredible that humans manage to forget the miracle of being here.” Preach, John O’Donohue.
    • Yesterday morning, at approximately 8:37am, I pulled my greatest culinary achievement out of the oven. I’d like to thank the Academy; Jo at @jocooks for the No Knead Bread recipe; my mom for giving me an oven thermometer (AKA a revealing lie detector for an oven that assumes 350 is close enough to 450 to call it good); and the exact time/temperature/weather conditions that made this particular loaf a real winner. This one’s for all of us 🏆
    • You are in this time of the interim Where everything seems withheld. The path you took to get here has washed out; The way forward is still concealed from you. “The old is not old enough to have died away; The new is still too young to be born.” As far as you can, hold your confidence. Do not allow confusion to squander This call which is loosening Your roots in false ground, That you might come free From all you have outgrown. —John O’Donohue
    • Current life plan: Follow the sun wherever it goes before the ongoing broadcast of The Grays of our Lives comes back from commercial break.
    • 2018: A year of snow giraffes, homegrown lettuce, Randall Cobb’s face on a popsicle stick. Baby birds, hummingbirds, alpacas, fireflies, and a bunch of tiny violets. The very best weddings. Friends near and far and old and new. Green Bay, Long Beach Island, NYC, Harrisburg. Banana pancakes, quinoa quiche, creme brûlée, homemade ice cream. Mostly rain with some sun and a tiny bit of snow. A year full of truly good things, even when it wasn’t.
    • Christmas spirit is still going strong at the Weber’s and we’re all so glad for that. What a lovely night :)

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