For as long as my (now) wife and I have been living together, a cubic foot of our shared space has been occupied by a forlorn ice cream maker. What kind? The kind that keeps company with similarly useless objects at thrift shops, on curbs, or at garage sales. If you don’t know the one,…
Author: Earshot Presents
03/03/2021: recipe sharing II
I couldn’t remember if I’d written about recipe-sharing in a gratitude yet… or had just thought about it. A quick search reminded me that words were indeed committed to page in late January, when I mentioned wanting to figure out how to share some of my family favorites with others. No progress there but I…
03/02/2021: apricot blossoms
Hard to believe we’re quickly coming back around to the spring season and another cycle of growth and beauty in the backyard. The fig was first to bud this year and the green pencil-eraser sized tips of the branches are already popping out to leaf. The apricot blossoms have begun and the only thing more…
03/01/2021: Minds over Matter
Every night immediately after dinner, my wife and I divvy up two relentless tasks of hygiene: bathing the kids and doing the dinner dishes. We do a good job of switching it up, but on Sunday nights, I always opt to be at the sink, closer to the radio, where I enjoy the weekend wind-down…
02/26/2021: people
I made a mostly unconscious decision about a month ago to avoid specific people in these gratitudes, unless they’re outside my personal orbit (like musicians, YouTubers, or the inspirational heroes of lost-at-sea stories). Most of the time, the gratitude I feel for a person–or the reasons for which I’m grateful for that person–is something just…