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this is a list of the times this year i felt wonder or joy. it's not exhaustive. it's mostly for me. but it's also for others, because i think a sense of wonder is a wonderful thing, and i wish it were valued more highly. i want to give a very special thanks to my friends Nori, Kate Crane, and Kate F, for showing me how much beauty there is in the world. i took this photo in east austin, walking home from the last dinner i would have with my friends at my old company. it started pouring rain shortly afterwards. i got this at a magic sale on Airport Boulevard in austin. it immediately spoke to me, for reasons that don't belong on a blog post. i took this photo from a company office at night. the photo is not very good, but it reminds me of the vast emptiness i felt, the hum of the city, the ten hundred thousand people around me. i took this photo from the roof of MLK library in DC. i felt like the city was alive around me. i still do. this is the closest i will come to visiting space. T

this is a list of the times this year i felt wonder or joy. it's not exhaustive. it's mostly for me. but it's also for others, because i think a sense of wonder is a wonderful thing, and i wish it were valued more highly. i want to give a very special thanks to my friends Nori, Kate Crane, and Kate F, for showing me how much beauty there is in the world. wonder things i have seen i took this photo in east austin, walking home from the last dinner i would have with my friends at my old company. it started pouring rain shortly afterwards. i got this at a magic sale on Airport Boulevard in austin

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