The Isolation Journals with Suleika Jaouad

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Notes from the Hatch: On Varieties of Friends
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Notes from the Hatch: On Varieties of Friends

Sunday, July 30, 2023

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Petrona Viera, El Cuentito

Hey, y’all!

A strange little rhyme in the universe: For today’s meeting of the Hatch, I had chosen the subject of friends, and unbeknownst to me, it happened to be the International Day of Friendship. When a community member shared this in the chat, I thought, No way! and then googled it and saw it was true. I shared with our community manager Holly, who was co-hosting with me. Her response: “You are so spiritually attuned with the fake-ass holiday calendar.”

We all need a friend with such a quick, dry wit, no?

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