Chris Nielson

@nielsoncp.bsky.social

In eXile. Love books and coffee, and since I last updated my profile, smoked meat and pizza.

A couple days ago @jrradcliffe.bsky.social asks what a Brewers World Series would mean, and it made me think long and hard about why I was crying. I wrote a short reflection (docs.google.com/document/d/1...) that he included in the pod. Thanks for collecting these JR. It really is a special moment

On Hope

I've been thinking a lot about the prompt you've asked about what a World Series would mean, and why it makes me so gosh darn emotional. And I think why, as a 41 year old man, it brings me to tears, i...

docs.google.com

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"The Stranger's Case," William Shakespeare Sir Thomas Moore: Act II Scene 4 ___ Imagine that you see the wretched strangers, Their babies at their backs and their poor luggage, Plodding to the ports and costs for transportation ...

Refugees reach land in an inflatable raft. A young child in the foreground crouches on some rocks, crying.