Erin Grace

Oma-proud. See you at the parade tomorrow!

Regret: Not buying the Milk Duds at the store yesterday.

The Flying Nun: Sister Stephanie, 81, rappels down Omaha building as she lifts up city's neediest - Flatwater Free Press Sister Stephanie Matcha, longtime Siena Francis worker and homeless advocate, likes to help and hates to lose. She has run races and rocked the xylophone to raise money while also prepping countless m...

Delighted to see this inspirational Christopher Burbach story in @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social.
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A story:

A tiny old man who shuffled inch by inch was helped out the door of our Walgreens by a young customer, a stranger with a face tattoo. He carried the old man’s heavy bag and opened the door to the waiting taxi. It was both the smallest and the largest act: caring for another.

The open door.

Favorite day: Neighborhood cleanup! Big public service, props to Joslyn Castle, Gifford Park and City of Omaha!

Favorite room.

Wish I could post a fragrance. Spring is in the … air but not the 1s and 0s.

Postcard from my neighborhood castle.

A sign.

Let’s ruin a trash can!

Go Mavs! 👏

Cmon Omaha! Send St. John’s home!

His Death Was Interrupted, Just as He Had Planned Brendan Costello’s family was bracing for goodbyes. But he had one last wish.

Dan Barry has long been one of my favorite writers. This is an incredible story. Recommend listening to Sting and Louis Armstrong, linked in the piece.
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RIP, Roberta Flack!

19 Lines That Turn Anguish Into Art (Published 2021) Elizabeth Bishop was a master at containing and concealing emotion, but her extraordinary poem “One Art” is a moving testament to loss.

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This poem was an unexpected gift today. And the NYT rendering was a welcome revisiting of my favorite Humanities class.

Heat wave.

MUst win.

I feel like I know everybody in Omaha until I get on a flight there.

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Mavs for the win tonight!

Realize the EXTREME irony of sharing a digital addiction warning via digital file on digital platform but when in Rome.

Digital Drugs Have Us Hooked. Dr. Anna Lembke Sees a Way Out. - Listen on NYT Audio 42 min listen - Dr. Anna Lembke Sees a Way Out.

Saturday chore day offers opportunities to listen to voices like these… Good interview.

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Amazing how warm 19 degrees can feel.

Opinion | How the biggest rock band in the world disappeared R.E.M. taught Gen X it’s better to fade away than to burn out.

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Viva my favorite band.

‘Christmas miracle’ saves small-town Nebraska newspapers • Nebraska Examiner The Ainsworth Star-Journal and the Valentine Midland News have new owners and will not close, the owners told the Examiner.

“You hate to see a pillar of your community close,” he said. “From a community standpoint it’s not something we wanted to see go away.”

nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/12/31/c...

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Triptych.