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b'In this week\\u2019s essay, John discusses Mothers\\u2019s Day, playing tennis with the Attorney General, medical scares, and more\\n\\xa0\\nNotebook Entries:\\nNotebook 19, page 16. April 2011\\nIs it possible, through applied thought, to become systematic in an approach to life? If you were to do that how would you proceed?\\xa0\\n\\nNotebook 16, page 6. July 26, 2005\\n\\u201cI\\u2019m here with a bunch of midshipmen and wondering what there is to do around here.\\u201d - Boy trying to hit on a girl working @ The Reef in Castine, ME.\\n\\nNotebook 15, page 30. September 2004\\nHead problems:\\nSunday 9/5 morning\\nTuesday 9/7 evening\\nWednesday 9/8 before lunch\\n\\nNotebook 22, page 22. April 24, 2014\\nQuestion:\\xa0\\nWhat did you want to be when you were a kid?\\xa0\\n\\nWhat do you want to be now?\\n\\nWhy the difference?\\n\\n\\nNotebook 9. 1995\\n\\u201cThat\\u2019s just the ticket the doctor ordered\\u201d\\n\\nNotebook 13. 2001\\n\\u201cFree as a clam\\u201d\\n\\nNotebook 17, page 67. December 2006\\nThe man sitting next to me has a face on the boil and garlic and old booze on his breath. When he sleeps, he sighs. For this leg of the flight I am wrapped in his breathy gumbo.\\n\\nNotebook 15, page 7. April 2004\\n\\u201cIn all these there are messages for those who use their reason.\\u201d - Quran quotation\\n\\nNotebook 15, page 80. 2005\\nWould like to meet her.\\n\\nNotebook 54. July 26, 2020\\n\\u201cWriting requires a reader. You can\\u2019t do it alone.\\u201d - John Cheever\\n\\nNotebook 15, page 71. 2005\\nIn the light of sobriety not sure what this means\\n\\nNotebook 13. March 2001\\nYesterday I played tennis with John Ashcroft the atty. general of the U.S.\\n\\nNotebook 13, page 108. December 11, 2001\\nAnne just called. There is one little heartbeat beating in her today. Everything is okay for this hurdle. I must say, I was really worried.\\n\\nNotebook 20, page 10. December 24, 2013\\n\\u201cSometimes Dad says weird stuff, just ignore him\\u201d - Anne to kids about me\\n\\nNotebook 15, page 84.\\n\\u201cLife goes on,\\u201d Hayawi says. \\u201cWe are in the middle of a war [in Iraq] and we still smoke the water pipe.\\u201d\\n\\nNotebook 45, page 24. April 16, 2019\\nOur savior lives by the manner in which we live.\\n\\nNotebook 19, page 23. 2011\\nPeople on their mobile phones in England say goodbye a lot: \\u201cCheers, alright then, speak to you soon, ta.\\u201d (That\\u2019s four ways of saying goodbye). Amelia tells the story of a man who thanked a ticket-taker by saying \\u201cTa, magical, cheers.\\u201d\\n\\nReferences:\\nDisaster on the Penobscot - John Henry Fay for Naval History Magazine\\nOne Man\\u2019s Meat by E.B. White\\nThe House at Allen Cove I E.B. White House Tour - New England Magazine\\nLittle Plastic Castle - Ani Defranco\\n\\u201cTwo Years of War: Taking Stock\\u201d - Anthony Shadid for the Washington Post\\n\\xa0\\nPodcast production by Cheyna Roth.\\nEmail us at navelgazingpodcast@gmail.com\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'