gratitude: seeking parking spot, asked cop if I could park behind his squad car in space occupied by orange cone. He said sure, moved cone.
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gratitude: Ground Hog day, 2/2, birthday of Josephine Barrett, a Philadelphia neighbor who for years helped us when we needed child care.
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gratitude: finally after 30 years got rid of warped bicycle tire fenders. Bike relieved & agile, like a person who gets rid of tight shoes.
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gratitude: chosen AFAC ``featured volunteer'' for handing out cooking demonstration samples in English and Spanish -- beat that, Newt!
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gratitude: used to swimming 26 pool lengths and enough was enough. Yesterday and Wednesday 30 was enough.
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gratitude: Cynthia is constantly thinking, thinking, thinking . . . about how to make things better for everyone -- her and me included.
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gratitude: helpful hint heard at 12-step programs: if y're at odds with someone, pray for them (Buddhist prayers count, all persuasions OK.)
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gratitude: Enjoyed demonstration of constant change this AM -- shadows were forming and dissolving as clouds raced & drifted by the sun.
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Gratitude: watched Tavis Smiley & panel of hopeful, progressive luminaries discuss what's to be done. A 2 1/2 hour thriller. www.ustream.tv
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gratitude: got back from ringing bells for handbell concert at Culpepper. Found rear left tire gone flat. Called AAA. Problem solved.
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gratitude: pleasant conversation with a guy about my age at bus stop. Topics included his i-phone app that tells when a bus will be along.
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gratitude: first session as a hand bell ringer last night -- handling B, B-flat, C and C-sharp.
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Joe Adcock commented on the blog post 'Starfish for Thanksgiving'
Thanks June (and thanks Eleanor Lerman.) The poem is one of the things for which I'm grateful.
gratitude: mechanic at local garage managed to repair popped bumper for $40. Just a guess: that would have been a $400 deal at dealership.
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gratitude: free concert last night at Library of Congress. Surprise! 19th Century wild man Franz Liszt wrote pensive settings for poems.
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Cynical axiom vs. Gertrude Stein aphorism
With Cynthia's help I managed to write a letter to an old friend who wanted my reaction to something that she had written. Trying to set aside the axiom ``the truth always hurts'' I think I managed to stay close to Gertrude Stein's aphorism ``artists don't need criticism, they need praise.'' For 40 years I made my living as a theater critic for newspapers. The task was (almost) always an exercise in detachment. With an eye to the Hippocratic dictum ``do no harm,'' I tried to say how I truly…See More
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gratitude: Clara & Leo's rooms being transformed with fresh wall paint. Glad to help a bit with strategically placed masking tape.
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gratitude: spent afternoon with Capitol Hill 5th graders, introducing them to Shakespeare. Much excitement over 400-yr-old words like gleek.
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gratitude: aroma given off by old Italian stovetop espresso maker as steam rushes through the ground up beans.
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gratitude: Bolivian folk dance troupe rehearsing in parking lot across the street. Coordinator says routine based on 17th C. slave dance.
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Cynical axiom vs. Gertrude Stein aphorism
With Cynthia's help I managed to write a letter to an old friend who wanted my reaction to something that she had written. Trying to set aside the axiom ``the truth always hurts'' I think I managed to stay close to Gertrude Stein's aphorism ``artists don't need criticism, they need praise.''
For 40 years I made my living as a theater critic for newspapers. The task was (almost) always an exercise in detachment. With an eye to the Hippocratic dictum ``do no harm,'' I tried to…
ContinuePosted on October 17, 2011 at 12:36pm
Aliens, Immigrants & Other Evildoers (issue alert)
2/27/11
A stage presentation commissioned by companies in New Orleans, Houston and DC ; actors will be performing ``Aliens, Immigrants & Other Evildoers'' Friday and Saturday (3/4 & 5) at the Gala Theatre in Columbia Heights (Yellow and Green lines). Theme is criminalization of immigrants and hate crimes against Latinos in US. Tickets are $18 & $20.
P.S. post performance: gratitude: disturbing but memorable performance at Gala Theatre, ``Imigrants, Aliens…
ContinuePosted on March 5, 2011 at 11:34am
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- At 1:19pm on May 17, 2011,
jill herndon said… - Thanks Joe for the daily Gratitude words. I appreciate them very much and wish that more people would do this too. Please keep it up.
- At 10:19pm on May 3, 2011,
June Herold said… - Thank you Joe for such lovely words of gratitude. Ditto!!!!
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