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Ryan Rose Weaver (she/hers)'s avatar

I wrote about doldrums this week too!

My solution is twofold. (1) Make up elaborate stories and new traditions for this time. (2) Co-opt any old traditions to which you have a semi-reasonable ancestral claim. (In addition to having a badass goddess to worship instead of a groundhog at this time, the British Isles also have boxty, which seems good, and the French have crepes, which are obviously great.)

https://ryanroseweaver.substack.com/p/4-telling-my-son-stories-in-order

Also, I'm glad that I'm not the only person who can't stop thinking about that NYMag piece.

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Peter Gudlewski's avatar

Two things, 1) that description of Belle and Sebastian’s music sounding the way Wes Anderson’s movies look is new to me and so perfectly spot on, I love it. B) I laughed till I cried at "the felt ceiling", and I have to say, it had never dawned on me that someone would be a professional mascot, so kudos to K for working on that dream, that's awesome!

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