Hannah & Jeff talk about the meaning of life

good morning, dear friends! this conversation was recorded the evening of MLK day this year: 20 January 2025. Jeff & I have gone back and forth re. when to post, and I’m finally putting it into the world in all its glorious imperfection.when I watched it for the first time, I felt some real tenderness and sorrow … I spoke about that on last week’s muse.here are a few notes as well as the tags for this episode. I’m not sure if the transcript is going to come through!* It was Tara Hansen playing Aunt Eller in Oklahoma! whose name I forgot early on…sorry, Tara! * Here’s Jeff speaking recently about his journey at his Unitarian Universalist church. Watching this made me teary-eyed and so grateful to witness his journey.* This conversation goes all over the map, so I won’t link everything, but some tags are below.* Learn more about the great Tony Coelho here & the history of the American Disabilities Act in this excellent article.-a few photos from high school days-Monday Morning Muse is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Tags: neurodivergence; embodiment; the medium is the message; Haverford High School; Oklahoma!; Rodgers & Hammerstein; timelines; archetypes; creativity; spirituality; Hawaii; Taylor Swift; A+; Joshua Jones; Hymn the musical; Noelle Paris; Kristen Paris; in the box; making art together; Wind Beneath My Wings; Things That Go Unsaid the musical; alignment; evolving together; conservatism as safety; bipolar; bipolar bear; breaking the rules; recording; Sunnyhill Lane; Prayer to a Faithful Father; United Presbyterian Church of Manoa; Havertown, Pennsylvania; theater; songwriting; Love, Sex & the IRS; Temple University; Alan Harler; The Holocaust Cantata; Christianity; conservative Christianity; John Hicks; God Has Many Names; epilepsy; seizure disorder; brain surgery; Shawn Peter Raul Mendes; Life of the Party; focal aware seizure; feedback loop; euphoria; journeys we don’t understand; initiation points; seizure pathways; 2 golfballs of brain; seeing connections; Caddyshack; Unitarian Universalism; Kobe Bryant; Lower Merion High School; Lower Merion, Pennsylvania; Star-Spangled Banner; Haverford v. Lower Merion; NBA scouts; putting people on the map peripherally; RNS responsive neurostimulator; pacemaker; shocks; magic wands; early stage cyborg; fairies; not magic, just science; large heads; Tony Coelho; American Disabilities Act; ADA; mothers in law; human sexuality; UTEC; Merrimack Valley, Massachusetts This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mondaymorningmuse.substack.com/subscribe