The Daily Respite

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Good morning! It’s Thursday, and my little battery problem was easily resolved yesterday. Not only that but I got to see the patriarch of the Snow…
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Good morning! Last week, members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra—equipped a cell phone and a metronome at home—performed an excerpt from Aaron…
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Good morning! It’s Tuesday. What I am about to share with you involves a model railroad and a cat. That’s all I’m going to say. “I believe cats to be…
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Good morning! We’ve made it to Sunday. Our reward is a poem from Wendell Berry, the beloved poet-philosopher from Kentucky. 
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Good morning! Today is Wednesday, and it also happens to be my birthday. Will you please join me in greeting the day? “Sometimes I need only to stand…
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Good morning! It’s Friday. Take it away, Stella. 
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Good morning! It’s Thursday, and I want to tell you about Andrew Cotter. He’s a sports broadcaster without any sports to broadcast. So he turned his…
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Good morning! Today is Wednesday. Yoga anyone? “I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.” —Walt Whitman
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Good morning! It’s Wednesday. Remember last month when we watched Andrew Cotter’s sports broadcast featuring Mabel and Olive? Well, they just had their…
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Good morning! It’s Wednesday. Yesterday’s cat vs. model train seems positively tame compared to what I have for you today: a giant panda and a snowman…
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Good morning! It’s Thursday, and allow me to be the first to welcome you to Paris. Current weather, cloudy and cool with a 95% chance of croissants…
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Good morning! It’s Monday. And just like Barley and Ethel, we’re going to try our best this week. “I do not miss childhood, but I miss the way I took…
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