April 21-25, 2025
Hi friends,
This week’s OOH LA LA! list includes: taking photos of flowers and trees, a song from high school stuck in my head, voice notes.
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My camera roll is filling with flowers again. Whenever I am out walking, if I see a beautiful flowering thing, I will never not stop to take a photo. I absolutely love taking photos of flowers and trees! Sometimes there are groups of people nearby, but I am not shy. In truth, I hope that someone seeing me stop to admire the beauty will invite them to consider the same. In bed, I lay awake looking through the photos and wonder what it would mean to blossom as bold as the cherry tree in the spring.
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I have this thing where my brain will start “playing” a song in the background, sometimes almost all day long. I do not have control over this brain radio and am mostly awed by the transportation mechanism that is memory. This week, my station has been tuned to “songs from the early 2000s” and “songs from late-night Deliah radio show.” I was with my sister-in-law last week, laughing over the lyrics to “Lips of An Angel” and now this 2005 hit has been looping in my the background of my brain every day! It’s truly such a terrible song, but it’s been keeping me company, and I can’t help but laugh whenever I think of this nostalgic rocker. What comedy!
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My friends and I have been in a regular routine of sending each other voice notes throughout the week. I love listening to these while walking, while waiting for the train, while doing dishes - it feels like a personal private podcast with my pals. I don’t know the science, but I swear I get a dopamine hit from hearing my friends’ voices. While I love the written word, I’ve found that it’s often easier and more efficient to send an audio message, and it gives the effect of being with my friends in real time. I’ve been thinking - maybe you’d like an audio message from me? Send a reply and let me know!
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LJ
“You normally have to be bashed about a bit by life to see the point of daffodils, sunsets, and uneventful nice days.” -Alain De Botton
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