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Naming the Lost
Public COVID memorials like this are too rare. Grateful to the Naming the Lost organizers and everyone who contributed to this memorial at the St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery. namingthelost.com/memorials/ Nikon…
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Get free COVID tests from the USPS!
In case you missed it, starting on September 25, the US government restarted its program to send free COVID tests to US residents via the USPS. There's a limit of…
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One of the best fortunes I’ve ever gotten
I love this. Simultaneously affirming and encouraging. Let's all find our remarkable powers.
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Where to get free COVID tests in NYC and LA
We're still trucking along in this pandemic, so I was happy to see that both New York City and Los Angeles are still distributing free COVID tests. Click here for…
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Washing the dishes
I read THE MIRACLE OF MINDFULNESS by Thich Nhat Hanh this week. The whole book hit hard, but this passage in particular is stuck in my mind: Wash the dishes…
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A small, strange personal project
Twenty eight years ago I sat on this sidewalk with a bunch of film school friends waiting for a movie. I remember that vividly as a tiny, glorious moment when…
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The State of Social Media
When I was a graduate student at Oxford in the early 1990s, with no internet or cell phones, we communicated through a thing called pigeon post, where you dropped off…
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Learn to say no
I drew this card as a reminder for myself a couple of years ago, and every few months I have to pull it out and stare at it for a…