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5 Quick Things, #180 πŸ“š

Storytelling, tigers in lifeboats, art heists, and nameless things

Tsh Oxenreider
Feb 26, 2021
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Hey there,

What a difference a week makes! 🀯 Earlier this week we reached an 80-degree high and you’d never guess that just a few days prior snowmageddon reached fever pitch on poor ol’ Texas’ infrastructure. Our family is doing just fine; thanks to the many of you who’ve asked. School, work, daydreaming about raised garden beds when someone should be writing their book manuscript… πŸ€” Basically, life is back to normal.

Surfing in Fujisawa, west of Tokyo, Japan.Β #


5 Quick Things β˜•οΈ

1.Β There’s a real, actual reason humanity is drawn to fiction.

2.Β The pressure felt by a short afternoon walk β€“Β β€œIt feels as if I’m your lover, friend, and therapist all wrapped into one and, frankly, it’s making me uncomfortable.”

3.Β Why am I fascinated by these Ocean’s Eleven-esque real-life art heists? I don’t know, but I am.

4. Looking forward to reading more of this.

5.Β And finally, two things: This week Seth and I talk about why we have to find meaning in our work for it to sustain us β€”Β I love this topic.

And… we also moved the podcast to its own Substack! Yep, you can now subscribe to A Drink With a Friend’s newsletter, where you’ll both get all new episodes, plus eventually enjoy some exclusive extras like essays from the both of us and additional after-the-show recordings (we also envision it as a safe space for those of you who really want to wrestle with faith questions and issues in a private, understanding community). We’d love you to sign up so you know when we publish the goodness!


Currently Reading, Watching, Listening 🎧

  • Rereading my well-worn copy of The Backyard Homestead, by Carleen Madigan as well as my find from last year, Grow Food for Free by Huw Richards


Quotable πŸ’¬

β€œThe person who loves their dream of community will destroy community, but the person who loves those around him will create community.”

― Dietrich BonhoefferΒ #


From the Community 🏠

This week I asked what everyone’s currently reading, and as always, it’s a lively discussion (it’s one of the favorite questions asked!). I shared that I’m in a fiction slump and you guys did not disappoint with great suggestions. Seriously, get to that thread with a pencil in hand.


Elsewhere (by someone else*) πŸ“

Twitter avatar for @SketchesbyBoze
Owl! at the Library πŸ˜΄πŸ§™β€β™€οΈ @SketchesbyBoze
use too many exclamation points in an email and you sound like a maniac; use only periods and you sound like a man narrating the tale of his trip to the South Pole where the rest of the crew was devoured by some nameless thing
6:24 PM βˆ™ Feb 25, 2021
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*Because I’m not on social media much these days while I work on another writing project. But I agree with these wise words. πŸ‘†


Have a good weekend!

xo, Tsh

p.s.Β This is so chaotic and weird and funny. (And as an aside, I love the β€˜I love you’s.)

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