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May 20, 2022Liked by Saeed Jones

Thank you so much for this. The enthusiasm in your voice and the melody of your laugh will buoy me all day today.

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May 20, 2022Liked by Saeed Jones

Today's voice note is a delicious feast, it's going to sustain me for days <3

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May 20, 2022Liked by Saeed Jones

"Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find ashes.” EXCUSE ME. I was not prepared to be emotionally demolished and rebuilt today. But thank you, Saeed. And thank you, Annie Dillard. Wow.

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The link to "Before Stonewall" prompts me to share that yesterday I finished Last Call, by Elon Green, which discusses the murder of 4 gay men in the early 80's in NY...and goes into quite a bit about the piano bars of the time - it was a side of Queer NY circa early 80's I hadn't previously heard explained in this way!

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May 20, 2022Liked by Saeed Jones

Love Julius’

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I love this! I always want to save my best ideas for when I become a "better" writer, but the writer I am now deserves them too.

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This makes me want to write! (Love writing but struggle with motivation, so every time I feel the pure urge to write and it’s louder than any of the reasons not to is a win even if I don’t follow through. But maybe I will!)

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I'm just now hearing this voice note, though I had seen that Annie Dillard quote on Twitter (maybe because you liked it or retweeted it!). I love this idea, this permission she gives. Because I certainly have kept things to myself for these reasons. Thanks for sharing!

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