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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
HOLIDAY COOKIES
Hello! We will keep this post short and SWEET because no one has time for non-essentials this week and next. We are FOCUSING! We are COMPLETING! We are ENJOYING! In last week’s post I mentioned we had cookie exchange coming up, which took place this past Saturday. Rick knew one half of the hosting couple and I knew neither. And neither of us really knew where we were going, especially since the invitation cautioned that drivers would probably lose cell coverage on th
Dec 11, 20256 min read
