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Asha Dornfest's avatar

I’m delighted by your newsletter and our connection here.

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Andrew Larsen's avatar

I see myself in the campfire time. That was wonderful.

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Libby Brady's avatar

OMG Amy Poehler's podcast is absolutely keeping me alive right now! šŸ˜… I loved Mango and those Goth club skits. Especially watching the goth ones now that I have fully embraced my dark little goth self 😊

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Jenna Vandenberg's avatar

This is the 3rd time this week that I've been referred to Amy Poehler's podcast. I really need to get into that!

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Hilary Northcraft's avatar

I also clocked that line on The Lowdown. Such a great show.

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Nicole Steinbok's avatar

That was delightful. Keeping doing random if you like, I dig it and am always excited to see your email in my inbox. 🤩

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Dissembling Bling's avatar

Lovely! Random! Human!

If you have not watched Last Week Tonight, Offerman and Mullally are to die laughing for

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Mary Hutto Fruchter's avatar

I also am in a writing rut and thinking I should just take a week off or repost something but can’t seem to do it. I’m so difficult sometimes. Another great title/subtitle

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Jim Caldwell's avatar

That fire pit conversation was on FIRE!

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Melanie Hardacker's avatar

Christian mime's and puppet shows. You just can't make this subculture up. Even in the 90's I remember watching it and thinking this is weird. Is it really conveying the message they are going for? I feel like youth evangelism culture was actually about embarrassing Christian young people in public.

Also, I think we over decorate for Christmas. Put out 2 things and call it a day. You get the visual impact of a change without the overwhelm of the work and visual simulation. I put out less every year and enjoy it more. Still put up the tree but do sometimes think about what it would take to eliminate that...

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Rebecca Holden's avatar

Loved this! I've been away for a bit, and it's lovely to have this delightful post to read this evening on my first foray back onto Substack for a few weeks. It's perfect, so thank you.

Had a chat with 't husband yesterday about Christmas decorations. There are already some discussions in progress over (no) tree......!

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