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The Number is Six
THE NUMBER IS SIX Small if counting pennies, large if ranking a hurricane. Some economists say pennies no longer have much value to us. Some scientists…
Andrew Johnson
Mar 29
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Klee's Head & My Memory
It’s been more than a decade now since the Paul Klee image I’m thinking of was on display at the museum. When I say image, it’s because I can’t actually…
Andrew Johnson
Mar 15
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Updates, announcements, and launching a new project
Good morning! I’ll have some new writing to share next week, but today’s email is for all of the goings-ons swirling around my life right now. This…
Andrew Johnson
Mar 1
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February 2023
What if it's just black?
Good morning! I’m sharing a poem I wrote from this thin edge between my belief and my agnosticism. It’s inspired by several people in my life who…
Andrew Johnson
Feb 15
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Texting All the Memes
Texting All the Memes Can we talk about the tiny asteroid photo-bombing the Webb telescope? Can we talk about the pet raccoon that loves making…
Andrew Johnson
Feb 8
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In Praise of Not Fully Seeing
Maybe it has something to do with the complete lack of an object, no specific image that I can recognize, no hard-edged shape that I am responding to…
Andrew Johnson
Feb 1
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January 2023
Cardinal: A Trip-trip-triptych
Hi there! I took some time off from The Thread. But today, it’s back. Who knows what’s in store week to week. But here we go! I offer an essay today…
Andrew Johnson
Jan 25
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December 2022
Toward On Havering
Haver: Verb. Scottish. To talk foolishly; to babble; to hem and haw. Don havered on. Also, Havers: Interjection. Scottish. Synonymous with Nonsense…
Andrew Johnson
Dec 14, 2022
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How to remember
HOW TO REMEMBER I’m compiling the last photo album of him. Which pictures are keepers? Which are redundant and which are forgettable? Him at…
Andrew Johnson
Dec 7, 2022
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November 2022
You never know what some people are capable of.
You never know what some people are capable of. That’s what I think as I’m nearly hit by a car while I’m jogging. I’m running through an intersection…
Andrew Johnson
Nov 30, 2022
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Book sale and new poetry broadside now available!
Hello! I’m excited to share some updates today, and I look forward to sharing some new work with you this Wednesday morning! First of all, for the next…
Andrew Johnson
Nov 27, 2022
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Give thanks. Come party.
Good morning, I hope you all are able to spend some time this week relaxing, reflecting, and spending good time with the folks you love. And if you’re…
Andrew Johnson
Nov 23, 2022
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