National Dog Day (Maple’s Holiday)
National Dog Day — Maple has been preparing her acceptance remarks all year. Dogs are professors of the exact curriculum: presence, joy, rest without guilt.
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May the Fourth Be With You (And Also Monday)
May the Fourth and Monday, arriving together. The Force, in the quiet version, is just staying centered when everything around you is in motion.
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Tax Day (The Most Honesty You’ll Do All Year)
Tax Day forces honesty — and honesty, even when it's uncomfortable, is almost always clarifying.
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Happy National Pet Day, Maple
Maple has been informed of National Pet Day and has responded by sleeping in my spot on the couch. Very on-brand.
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The Joke Is That It’s Actually April
April's best prank isn't the jokes. It's the rain, right after you've finally believed in the warm weather.
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Maple’s Guide to a Perfect Saturday
Maple doesn't check the to-do list before settling into the sunbeam. We could take some notes.
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The Luck That Shows Up Every Day
Luck, in my experience, has a lot to do with consistency wearing a four-leaf clover costume.
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Beware the Ides of March (You’re Probably Fine)
The Ides of March gets a lot of dramatic press for what is, historically speaking, a fairly normal Sunday.
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3.14 Thoughts on the Infinite Middle
Pi never ends. Just keeps going. No resolution, no tidy arrival. Life is a little like that, and maybe that's okay.
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Friday the 13th (Maple Is Unbothered)
Maple checked in on Friday the 13th, found her breakfast acceptable, and went back to sleep. She's not worried. You probably don't need to be either.
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