A thing to consider before I finish the other thing
thing, post, essay, whatever...
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It's been three months.
I've spent three months sporadically working on a personal essay for you.
It's been three months since I last published on Substack (the host of this newsletter if ya didn't know).
Well, where is this thing? I hear you exclaim.
I don't know.
I mean, I know where it is. It's sitting in my Writings in Progress folder stored in the cloud AND on my laptop's desktop, just in case.
Lest you think this overdue essay is a big deal, it’s not. The just-in-case save-it-in-two-places measure is a habit. I'd be sad if the essay went missing, but it’d be okay. And although it won't win any prizes, I still want to finish it and send it to you.
Reasons/Excuses
I haven’t completed this measly post for several reasons.
The most recent would be two deaths last week: one of a family member and the other was the spouse of my spouse's best friend. That will be enough of that for a while, please, and thank you.
While the reasons for my procrastination are many, the most noteworthy one is the essay's subject: my capricious health and how it shapes my daily life.
This topic is one I believe some of you can relate to, so I want to do it justice.
Sounds like a hoot, doesn't it?
Putting this out there in a public way will help me get this thing done. It might be the next essay, but for now, I'm sharing this brief thing to let you know that I wanted to send you something else.
I hope you'll stick around in the life: examined community. Each one of you, new and old timers, matters to me and this little publication.
A Few Good Links:
How the world wastes hundreds of billions of meals in a year, in three charts via Vox’s Future Perfect
This is so beautiful. RIP to both of these humans. Thanks to Sari Botton of Oldster for calling my attention to this:
Kris Kristofferson Stood by Sinead O’Connor as the Boos Rained Down
Kirsten Powers of Changing the Channel gives us this:
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Until next time —> take care and be kind to one another—and thank you for being a part of the life: examined community.
Sending hugs. We’ll be here. We don’t mind. Take care of the self.
So sorry to hear your news, never easy losing anyone especially family. You take your time and we can wait. Your writing is worth waiting for! Sending love and hugs xx