The Daily Word

    for Sunday, January 24, 2021

This past Thursday, my indomitable daughter, a Millennial who just happens to be braving all conceivable elements, including COVID, flew out to ski Vail with my best childhood friend and her husband. In her downtime, she managed to text me a link to The New Yorker's "Fran Lebowitz's One-Star Amazon Reviews," knowing I've always enjoyed Fran's cynical New York humor just as I have Woody Allen's. Imagine the two together! The pessimistic pair prove that if you fall in love with the Apple, live in its core for X-amount of time, it is almost a guarantee that you will emerge a misanthropist with an ironic sensibility. But I digress. In Fran's review of Amazon's coasters, she writes, "They hold your drinks. That's it. They're coasters. They coast. By the way, I endorse this as a general lifestyle." In honor of Fran and all those who like the image of coasting through life, today's daily word is coast.

coast - verb - to move easily

Certainly all wish to move easily through life, particularly in the current climate. Ergo, free yourself from being a beast of burden to stress or fear and do a little coasting. I recommend taking a trial run down your street by foot or by bicycle or even by scooter or roller skates. (Does anyone even own roller skates these days?) Convince a relation or friend to accompany you for the ride. Breath in the sensory experience, and feel better. 

Happy Sunday!

Gwyn English Nielsen

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