Rough Drafts

Unfinished or quasi-finished prose that hasn’t been published elsewhere

Rough Drafts

Specific gratitude

Keeping a gratitude diary, or less pretentiously, taking some time out of every day to write down the things you’re thankful for, is an effective way to increase happiness.

And I’d like to suggest one small addition.

In addition to writing down things you’re thankful for (rainbows, puppies, burritos) take some time each day to express your gratitude to a specific person.

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Hope

The radio tells me that calls to suicide hotlines are up 30 percent since the election. The news tells me

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Altamont

Driving down from the Altamont Pass, the highway curves through a long, shallow, descending valley on its way down to

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