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June 17, 2016 By Jodi

Should I Stay Or Should I Go?

October 26, 2016 By Jodi Leave a Comment

My incredibly talented friends continue to share their work on Dear Sabrina this week while I'm in Michigan with my mom, preparing for the services--and the arrival of far-flung family and friends--later this week. I met Sophia Augusta shortly after moving to Stockholm. We'd been set up by a mutual friend (a former colleague of...

Kissing boo-boos and bearing witness

October 5, 2016 By Jodi 9 Comments

A couple years ago, when August was learning to walk, we were visiting my family in Michigan. August fell and started to cry, so I picked up him and kissed him where it hurt. He continued to cry as he rested in my arms. My mom, who'd been watching, said, "And there goes forever the...

Does Seeking Happiness Make Us Miserable?

October 10, 2016 By Jodi 6 Comments

Over the weekend I noticed an essay on Vox titled America is obsessed with happiness--and it's making us miserable. Obviously, given all that I have written about happiness here, including my own efforts to do a happiness project, the title jumped out at me. Even without reading the essay, that title gave me a prick of discomfort...

"Why Am I Still Thinking About This Day?"

October 13, 2016 By Jodi Leave a Comment

I listened to a podcast last week that I've been thinking about ever since. It was an episode of Magic Lessons (Season 1, Episode 10) in which Elizabeth Gilbert talks to the humorist John Hodgman about creativity and trying new things. Hodgman explains that at a friend's prompting, he scheduled a series of weekly shows at a small theater in Brooklyn....

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