Glenn Kubish

Happy end of the week, friends! Each week right here, and on the Three Things podcast I try to notice three things I noticed that made me happy or grateful, so the algorithm doesn’t gobble up all of my attention. In trying to notice for myself, I follow the approach George Saunders says he took to composting his sentences. They might be shit, but they're my shit, and some day they might get shinier. This week: 1. Instrument Light Rules Filed under "S" for Stuff That Stays With Me is what an airplane crash investigator told me years ago. I still use it to ground my own life. I was a reporter, at a crash site, without much of a clue about what to ask other than, what went wrong here? He told me about being a pilot. Basically, there are two ways to navigate. You can rely on what you see out the cockpit window—the ground, the clouds, the trees, the power lines, the mountains, the landmarks—to stay safe. That’s called visual flight rules. Pilots can also navigate electronicall...