Marginalia

Winter Wonderland (for at least a few minutes).

Currently reading: The Humans by Matt Haig 📚

“Love was a way to live forever in a single moment, and it was also a way to yourself as you had never actually seen yourself, and made you realize – having done so– that this view was a more meaningful one than any of your previous self-perceptions and self-deceptions.”

Sharing Homestar Runner with my children this evening and enjoying how much delight it is bringing them, while remembering a simpler time on the internet and the joy it brought me.

It wasn’t the prettiest win, but the defense kept us in the game and they got it done. Fly Eagles Fly! 🦅🏈

New Field Notes Day

Out: Third Man Records x Field Notes
In: XOXO 2024

Currently reading: The Humans by Matt Haig 📚

What an amazing game. Saquon continues to play incredible ball, 255 rush yards (302 Total) and two TDs. What a game, what a guy! Let’s go Birds! 🦅 🏈

Finished reading: Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane 📚

This book was on my list for a long time (can’t remember who recommended it to me). A well written story about the way in which communities can be destroyed by prejudice, hatred, and the failure to see one another as human beings.

There’s no such thing as a Bonhoeffer moment - The Christian Century

When your son comes home from school and asks if you’ll go play baseball with him, you rush out of the house to make the most of the one hour of sunlight you’ve got.

Beginning the indoctrination of my oldest son tonight…

Podcast: Honestly with Bari Weiss - “Why Trump Won”

Interesting conversation between people from various backgrounds exploring the answer to this question.
If you, like me, have people in your life that voted for Trump, and are genuinely interested in learning more about why, this might help.

Well that was a decisive victory. Fly Eagles Fly. 🦅 🏈

Finished reading: Station 11 by Emily St. John Mandel 📚

Really interesting book, fun read that brought back some memories of the pandemic. Ultimately it was a book about hope that the end of the world as we know it isn’t really the end of the world after all, just the start of a new one.

To pray is to practice that posture of radical trust in God’s grace—and to participate in perhaps the most radical movement of all, which is the movement of God’s Love.
Richard Rohr

From: Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditation: Prayer, Politics, and God’s Love

Praying today, tomorrow, and probably the day after that as well.

New Field Notes Day

Out: Jason Isbell x Field Notes
In: Third Man Records x Field Notes

Did the thing. 🇺🇸

Cal Newport - After You Vote: Unplug

The Republic will still stand without our constant digital vigilance. But it’s unclear if our mental health can survive the status quo.

Some great advice here.

Kids were off school and I wanted to hide from the Election Day stuff for a bit, so we went to the movies in the middle of the afternoon. Going to the movies in the middle of the afternoon on a weekday always makes me feel like I’m playing hooky or something.

I really enjoyed this article: Whatever Happens, Love Thy Neighbor

I’m a Democrat living in a red, rural county. Trump supporters have mowed my lawn, walked my dog, and eroded my prejudices with their humanity.

This article gives me a little bit of hope that maybe by seeing and celebrating our common humanity we may find a way beyond polarization and seeing each other as more than who we voted for in the last election.