Three Things from Edmonton

Summer, even a summer that hints at a return to social-ness, is a season for reading books.  Recently, I caught up with my friend Peggy. She talked books. I listened.  Music by Brendan McGrath. End bells courtesy Slavo Cech.

Happy end of the week. It was a tough week. As Billy Bragg says, headlines give you headaches when you read 'em. This little podcast is an attempt to keep my heart open to the little things I notice that make me happy or grateful. While the cardiovascular bombardment continues.  This week those three things are:  1. Reading tips I get from my friends 2. Old toys I can't get rid of. 3. A...

Thanks so much for giving this little podcast a listen.  The focus on spuds, squirrels and steel doesn't mean very difficult things didn't happen this past week. I am trying to build a habit of noticing what I notice. I notice I notice little things, I suppose.  I am at glenn.kubish@gmail.com. The podcast music, easiest the best part of the production, is by Brendan McGrath.  The en...

Thanks for listening to my little podcast!  The idea, which I hope becomes a habit, is to notice and name three things that make me happy or grateful each week. Little things from everyday life, like, this week:  1. Family archives, including a pic of Sinatra.  2. Watching strangers from a safe distance. 3. Honouring Bob Dylan @ 80, with a bonus Sweetwater Cafe regret. Hands down, t...

Thanks for dropping by the podcast.  I try at the end of each week to make note of three things I noticed that made me happy and grateful. Little stuff from my little life. This week: harmony while making Spanish rice, the music of a red-winged blackbird, and fireworks where I didn't expect to see them.  I am at glenn.kubish@gmail.com Music by  Brendan McGrath. End bells courtesy Sl...

Thank you for listening. It means a lot. The idea behind this little podcast is kinda simple. I want to do a better job noticing the stuff of my own life. Mundane stuff, like, this week: 1. Sharks, with a little bit of Rob Ford. 🦈 2. Phones, with a little bit of poutine.   ☎️ 3. Matches, with a little bit of sound. 🔥 I am at glenn.kubish@gmail.com TheMalibuArtist is at https://www.youtube.c...

Happy end of the week, everyone. Each end of the week I drop three things that made me happy or grateful. Not because the grim out there doesn’t register, but, because, it does. This week: The Spelling Bee  🐝 Bicycle gears  ⚙️ Eggs 🥚 Thanks for listening. I’m at glenn.kubish@gmail.com Music by Brendan McGrath 🎹 End bells by Slavo Cech 🔥

A matinee movie where I didn't expect to watch it...a pair of old shoes nearing their sad end...the making of morning coffee—these were the three things from my mundane life that made me happy and grateful this week. 📽️  👟🔚   ☕ I am trying to do a better job of noticing things for myself, and noticing that I notice. Otherwise it's more of noticing what powerful people and their a...

A sudden connection to Finland...a flashing stop light hand on a street corner in Edmonton...a lost and forgotten and resurfaced photo—these are the three things that made me happy and grateful this week.  Noticing three little things from my own life is the little idea behind this podcast. Doing that every week will, I trust, I hope, protect and grow the little noticing part of me that, I fe...

Thanks for listening! This little podcast is an attempt to take back for myself a little control over what I notice in my life. Each week, I try to notice three things that make me happy or grateful. Not that there isn't a full serving of anger to be consumed. It's just a gut feeling that noticing the little things will add up. Things, this week, like: 🕍 House guests, finally. ✍️ A boy on his bik...

I am trying to build a new habit. Each week, I try to notice three things—small, mundane things from my little life—that made me happy or grateful. And say them out loud here. Not because there isn't more to notice that is heart-breaking or unjust or unfair.  It's more that I feel if I don't notice the stuff of my own life, I am at the whim of whatever algorithm shapes my noticing into outrag...

Happy end of the week, everyone. Thanks for checking out the Three Things podcast. Every week I make a short list of everyday things that made me happy or grateful. And then say it out loud here. Not to not see the other stuff that is wrong or dangerous or heart-breaking. But just to try to keep some control over what I notice. Algorithm of outrage, take that! This week: 🌖 The moon.  🍤 The...

Happy end of the week! At the end of each week I try to notice, and say out loud, three things from everyday life that made me happy or grateful. So, I get back to doing my own noticing, taking that back from the algorithm. Things like:  1. The front-yard chickadees 2. Meeting Hazel 3. Pasta and teamwork Thanks for dropping in.  I'm at glenn.kubish@gmail.com The end time bells are courte...

On Fridays I try to stop and make stand still, for a few seconds, three things that made me happy or grateful in the past week.  Not big things. Very not big things, actually.  Like, this week: The ice. The bike trails. The pencils.  It's important for me to say these three things out loud.  So, thanks for listening. :) I'm at glenn.kubish@gmail.com End bells courtesy Slav...

I have found that if I don't try to narrate my own life, somebody else does, and, all of a sudden, I have passionate opinions about the Royal Family, or whatever. :) So, each week, I try to notice and hold onto three thing that make me happy or grateful. Not to be selfish. Just to notice that I am noticing. Little things. This week: 1. Geese 2. Coffee mugs 3. Shoelaces I am at glenn.kubish@gmail.c...

Since I started trying to notice and hang onto three things every week that made me happy or grateful, the world has not noticed.  I mean, the world has continued to pump out a glut of things that are wrong, sad and scary. But noticing three other things gives me a beachhead of hope and peace. And it messes with someone's algorithm aimed at keeping me sad, scared and mad.  This week thos...

Don't get me wrong. :) The reason I put together a weekly summary of things I am happy and grateful for isn't because I don't see and feel all the other stuff that makes me unhappy. (One too many negatives there?! You know what I mean!) It's more that there seems to be a default position set at anger and outrage that's good for somebody's bottom line, but not mine.  So I am trying to train my...

It's helpful to try to notice and then try to hang onto some things that make you happy and grateful each week.  This week for me: Masai Ujiri, Richard Ozero, and moose.  I'm at glenn.kubish@gmail.com End bells courtesy Slavo Cech.

Don't get me wrong. There's a lot out there that's not good that needs attention. I just feel I also need to notice and hang onto a few things that make me happy and grateful each week. So that I find a rhythm besides the algorithm. This week: birds, dogs and a Nobel Prize winner.  End bells courtesy Slavo Cech.  I'm at glenn.kubish@gmail.com

I try to notice and hold onto three things that make me happy and grateful each week. Not because there aren't important things that are bad news that need my attention. That is a pile by itself. I think there are forces and interests whose good is served by my being always in a state of frustration or despair or anger. They don't get me.  Enjoy this week's collection.  End notes courtes...