Gratitude roundup 2024.
Sunday Small Bow
+1
How to face and remix your fears. Sharon Olds. Tennessee Williams.
Recovery
+2
Progress not perfection. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon together again. Stephen Dunn on deadness. Hey Siri play Amyl and the Sniffers.
+4
A special announcement from TSB about its future endeavors. New TSB pod w/ Josh Radnor. Claudia Lonow and family.Kim Addonizio shreds. Alexa play Talking Heads.
+3
How do you remind yourself to be human? New TSB pod w/ Mary HK Choi. George Bilgere slinging poetry. More dreamy tunes to help with the heartache.
Small, bizarre ways I have changed in 8 years of sobriety. Wendell Berry. The spirituality of imperfection. Songs for the long walk.
Sober anniversary
Peaceful John. Mary Oliver. Old tunes, new revelations.
The Brat Pack meets The Four Agreements. Eve Babitz. Dreamy tunes and a ripping poem.
Fear
More amends issues. The Prophet. Hard poems and good tunes.
Dementia
Notes on a birthday. Poems. Tunes.
Sober parenting
+5
Notes on Father's Day. Sebastian Junger. Philip Schultz.
Breakthroughs and God Shots live from the pits of despair. Tracy K. Smith. Anthony Veasna So.
My brain is a neverending puzzle. Thich Nhat Hanh. Julia Wertz.
Depression
The dark art of becoming useful. Books about Monsters. Philip Larkin.
Celebrating six years in Al-Anon/ACA. IDLES. Bleggh.
Adult Children
On annual physicals and my decaying body. Stephen Dunn, my hero. Pema and the Tao Te Ching. New gig at Slate!
Relapse
On personal safety and therapy. James Tate. Spiritual verses to help you make it through.
More David Berman remembrances. "Grace." Humility.
On a TV show and trigger warnings. Mary Oliver. More quotes on Humility.
Recovery Log
On how to use the Sunday newsletter. A Jim Harrison feast. An A.Savage song you'll never forget.
Progress v. Imperfection. Some dreamy Auden joints. New tunes for the damned.
God boxes for resentments! Stoics on wasting time! Format changes! Check-In reminder! Billy Collins. New tunes.
How to not freak out over jokes made by comedians about someone's drug and alcohol use. Buddhist stuff. A short, solid poem. New tunes.
Thoughts on 50 via the Sober Oldster questionnaire.
life and death
+7
American excess and mythology. Buddy Duress. Rilke. Thoughts on Death.
