Saying only generally positive things, vague expressions of hope. The dark, highly 'meta' story of a guy whose shrink asks him to make up a fable which helps him to understand his own life better, just sounded all too familiar. Afraid to say anything to the other, lest they make it real by uttering out into the world what was, day by day, increasingly hard to ignore. Listening to this story (I lost my May 30th issue imagine that) today, I felt 100 sure I had read something by Charles Yu before. "Six months in, they didn’t look at each other anymore instead, each of them silently studied their boy. These are the things I’ve been appreciating this week. Then, upon seeing this bunch of grapes hanging from a branch, another conflict is introduced. This first conflict is what makes the fox stop in its tracks and attempt to acquire the grapes which had been trained over a lofty branch. And if that’s not the case, I hope that the change you need is swift and soon. It is an event that causes a shift in the otherwise passive characterization of the fox. I hope that as you’re reading this, you have an abundance of things to be grateful for as well. New or previously uncollected work from Jonathan Lethem, Lynne Tillman, Charles Yu, Alissa Nutting, Ted Chiang, and many more. I’m grateful for the experiences that brought me to today. I’m grateful for the longer days and bright weather. Expressing gratitude for my life, which sounds so simple and objectively good on paper, often just makes me feel like I’m performing a farce.īut I’ve felt very grateful for a number of things in my life lately, and I want to say it out loud, even if I run the risk of sounding like a clean makeup ad. Expensive hot yoga classes that I pay for in the name of “wellness.” A form of self-care that looks and smells a lot like mounting credit card debt. Truthfully, it’s a word that I’ve come to associate with fast-casual grain bowl restaurants. It’s difficult for me to talk about gratitude. If you have a favorite corner of the internet that you’d like to share, send it my way at with the subject line “reSEARCH.” We may feature it in a future newsletter.
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