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Some tips for getting the vaccine

Some tips for getting the vaccine

And embracing hope

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Mar 14, 2021
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An Explication of Wordsworth's “Nutting” | Lovely Weather for Ducks
Detail from an illustration accompanying “Nutting” in Pastoral Poems, Myles Birket Foster, 1858. (Source.)

How in the world do we respond to all this good news when our nervous systems are stuck in high gear? I think I might later be sheepish about this, but I’m going to write a sentimental post today. I’m feeling overwhelmed with something like gratitud…

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