Happy 2025!!

You may not feel like it, but all the more reason to try-

Let’s talk about hope.

Happy New Year, thanks for hanging out and looking ahead,

C =)

PS: It’s a spile!

Let’s finish (for now) with the online development (not necessarily maintenance) of adult friendship. What if you want to meet your new screen-based friend IRL?

And what are some of the benefits of meeting ppl online anyway? (In case you’re still not convinced.)

Plus another plug for the concept of community in times like these.

So long 2024,

C :)

Y’ALL the lengths I have gone through to get this one to you!!

First of all, I’m in the field, but I was able to get the show done live and I was stoked.

Unfortunately there was a technical issue and the live show was neither broadcasted nor recorded :P Bummer!

Never fear- I always record a backup. But the backup audio is open air (no mic) so the quality is a tad different fyi

I was still able to edit it and gratefully get it up and out. Hooray!

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Not letting the obstacles thwart us!!

Thanks so much for your patience, seriously, and I’m so glad you’re here,

C

We’re back on the albums again! Part ***THIRTY*** concluding with Albums Ten through One.


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WE DID IT.

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This week features The Beach Boys, OutKast, Fishmans, and seven other artists to complete this massive undertaking. Hmm, who else could there be? ;)

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Poetry Time


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Instructions for Living a Life



Instructions for living a life:

Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.



-by Mary Oliver


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To honor the top 100 albums (and my favorite poet), the poems for the rest of this series will all be coming from Mary Oliver :)



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WE DID IT.

(I’m *really REALLY really really really* going to miss this project now that we’re through and I definitely will be taking time to process.)

And still onward and upward we continue.


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“Oh it’s a major endeavor, alright.

I’m going to try to listen to at least 10 albums a week for the rest of the year!

Yeah, I’m not joking.

Media, art, and entertainment publication Paste Magazine came out with a list of the 300 best albums and we’re going to go through them all! Well, I’m going to.

And then we’re going to talk about it! Great tracks, themes, history, info, related artists, cultural context, personal experiences- they’re all going to play a part in these reviews.

Totally stoked because I love music. (And a little intimidated! Because this is a lot to process)”

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WE DID IT!!!!!!!


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Go listen to Long Season! I’m exhausted!! I’ll see you Monday,

C :)


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Let’s finish talking through some awesome European cities that you could more safely visit on your own, or perhaps with one other close person :)

Keep taking it easy!

C

Merry Christmas!!

Let’s talk about love :)


Joy and Peace,

C

We’re continuing our discussion about how to make friends online. It’s an important part of the friend-making tapestry we’re weaving with this series.

Done well, it can be an effective way to expand your social circle. (Not to mention the benefits when it comes to maintaining the circle you’re trying to build!)

What are your interests? Use them ;)

Don’t overdo it this week,

C

Our final encouragement episode before this week of holidays gives us a time to reflect.

Take care of yourself during this busy time,

C

We’re back on the albums again! Part TWENTY NINE 20-11.


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THERE IS ONLY ONE EPISODE OF THIS PROJECT LEFT AFTER TODAY.
oh my word

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This week features Fleetwood Mac, Public Enemy, Joni Mitchell, and seven other artists to continue this massive undertaking. Hmm, who else could there be? ;)

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Barely squeezed in the albums! Def not enough time for Poetry Time. But you already knew that. Here’s the written version for you:


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Poem of the One World



This morning
the beautiful white heron
was floating along above the water


and then into the sky of this
the one world
we all belong to


where everything
sooner or later
is a part of everything else


which thought made me feel
for a little while
quite beautiful myself.




-by Mary Oliver


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To honor the top 100 albums (and my favorite poet), the poems for the rest of this series will all be coming from Mary Oliver :)



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ONLY 10 ALBUMS TO GO!!! My mind is blown.

(I’m *really really really really* going to miss this project once we’re through.)

Onward and upward we continue.


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Oh it’s a major endeavor, alright.

I’m going to try to listen to at least 10 albums a week for the rest of the year!

Yeah, I’m not joking.

Media, art, and entertainment publication Paste Magazine came out with a list of the 300 best albums and we’re going to go through them all! Well, I’m going to.

And then we’re going to talk about it! Great tracks, themes, history, info, related artists, cultural context, personal experiences- they’re all going to play a part in these reviews.

Totally stoked because I love music. (And a little intimidated! Because this is a lot to process)

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If we keep up with an episode per week featuring 10 albums each, we’ll just about finish by the end of 2024.


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Enjoy it while it lasts! I’ll see you Monday,

C :)


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A little care for yourself, a little care for others. We’re going to make it through this one step at a time, one day at a time.

Thrilled that you’re here,

C :)