Thankful Kira
@kmaustinyoung.bsky.social
Former Nashvillian, present San Franciscan, Episcopal priest, writer, washed-up classical singer, Magnificat stan
Holiday weeks in the city are unparalleled. It’s so easy to get around.
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Holiday weeks in the city are unparalleled. It’s so easy to get around.
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Co-signed
I wish so deeply that there were a way to get people to stop asking “Are you going home for Thanksgiving / Christmas?”
I am a middle aged adult. The home that I have is the one live in, and calling anything aside from that “home” makes a whole lot of presumptions.
I am a middle aged adult. The home that I have is the one live in, and calling anything aside from that “home” makes a whole lot of presumptions.
November 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Co-signed
For all y'all getting in the Advent spirit, my parish's choir just released an album of carols, featuring some interstitial music composed by our extremely talented music director. Check it out! ⚓ open.spotify.com/album/4QmDSq...
Evermore & Evermore: Carols from St. Mary the Virgin, San Francisco
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November 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
For all y'all getting in the Advent spirit, my parish's choir just released an album of carols, featuring some interstitial music composed by our extremely talented music director. Check it out! ⚓ open.spotify.com/album/4QmDSq...
We’re extremely fortunate that my in-laws have generous financial means for their physical care, and even still, the work my spouse and his sister do to manage finances, appointments, etc. is so much. I’m glad we’re all geographically close.
Every person I know who is roughly my age is dealing with something like this right now www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Opinion | ‘We Had No Idea What Was Coming’: Caring for My Aging Father
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November 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
We’re extremely fortunate that my in-laws have generous financial means for their physical care, and even still, the work my spouse and his sister do to manage finances, appointments, etc. is so much. I’m glad we’re all geographically close.
We went to a small drag cabaret last night with some friends, and one of the performers tried to croon Natasha Bedingfield’s “Unwritten.” But at the chorus, everyone just scream-sang “FEEL THE RAIN ON YOUR SKIN!” It was amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
We went to a small drag cabaret last night with some friends, and one of the performers tried to croon Natasha Bedingfield’s “Unwritten.” But at the chorus, everyone just scream-sang “FEEL THE RAIN ON YOUR SKIN!” It was amazing.
My spicy Thanksgiving food take is that a lot of the reason Thanksgiving dinner can be unsatisfying is because there are too many dishes and nothing gets served at the correct temperature so you end up with too much room-temperature glop.
November 24, 2025 at 12:43 AM
My spicy Thanksgiving food take is that a lot of the reason Thanksgiving dinner can be unsatisfying is because there are too many dishes and nothing gets served at the correct temperature so you end up with too much room-temperature glop.
My first husband and I would take the week and travel since we would often both work Christmas. Now I’m in a church that has a Thanksgiving Day service (😭), but my husband and I are still doing an overnight away before Advent gets going.
Actually in the spirit of this conversation, what’s a decision you made about a past Thanksgiving holiday that really paid off? I think people often feel trapped by their lives. Sharing our experiences can liberate us from that sense of claustrophobia.
On the most recent episode of VIBE CHECK, we answer listener questions about Thanksgiving, most importantly “do you go celebrate with the family members you don’t even like?”
November 23, 2025 at 11:03 PM
My first husband and I would take the week and travel since we would often both work Christmas. Now I’m in a church that has a Thanksgiving Day service (😭), but my husband and I are still doing an overnight away before Advent gets going.
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I did not have menswear guy doing a thread about Mere Christianity on my bingo card for this week, gotta say
November 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I did not have menswear guy doing a thread about Mere Christianity on my bingo card for this week, gotta say
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Ironic for Christ the King Sunday
Literally giving off "we have no King but Caesar" vibes
Literally giving off "we have no King but Caesar" vibes
The extremely mentally ill President of the United States just posted this on his money losing garbage Truth Social app.
November 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Ironic for Christ the King Sunday
Literally giving off "we have no King but Caesar" vibes
Literally giving off "we have no King but Caesar" vibes
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WE WANT BAMA
YOU’RE NOT GONNA KEEP THEM OUT OF THE YALE BOWL TONIGHT!!!
November 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
WE WANT BAMA
Coming from SEC country, it’s very cute to see things about the “big” Cal-Stanford game this weekend.
November 23, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Coming from SEC country, it’s very cute to see things about the “big” Cal-Stanford game this weekend.
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Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes the sun,
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good.
As it passes the sun,
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good.
November 23, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes the sun,
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good.
As it passes the sun,
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good.
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Trump: I bet you've never liked me
Zohran: that's not true, I liked you in Home Alone
Trump:
Zohran: that's not true, I liked you in Home Alone
Trump:
November 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Trump: I bet you've never liked me
Zohran: that's not true, I liked you in Home Alone
Trump:
Zohran: that's not true, I liked you in Home Alone
Trump:
The Nuzzi/Lizza/Kennedy stuff is, like, wow, all of these people are terrible.
November 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The Nuzzi/Lizza/Kennedy stuff is, like, wow, all of these people are terrible.
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They line up perfectly.
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
They line up perfectly.
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hey guys i made a seasonal meme
November 22, 2025 at 5:41 AM
hey guys i made a seasonal meme
I was setting up for our Young Professionals’ Friendsgiving, which was absolutely delightful (and delicious). A great ministry evening.
It’s totally fine and not at all weird or creepy to be at church alone after dark.
November 22, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I was setting up for our Young Professionals’ Friendsgiving, which was absolutely delightful (and delicious). A great ministry evening.
It’s totally fine and not at all weird or creepy to be at church alone after dark.
November 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM
It’s totally fine and not at all weird or creepy to be at church alone after dark.
The way people wink and nod about “divisiveness” and “these difficult times” is going to make me lose it.
living through the previously-absurd scenario of an out-of-control president looting the nation, ignoring the law, inciting violence, pardoning criminals, working with our enemies, but instead of some titanic political struggle most of society is just trying really hard to avoid mentioning it
November 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The way people wink and nod about “divisiveness” and “these difficult times” is going to make me lose it.
Re: LRT something that lives rent-free in my head from my youth is Paris Hilton insisting that only fat people drink Diet Coke.
November 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Re: LRT something that lives rent-free in my head from my youth is Paris Hilton insisting that only fat people drink Diet Coke.
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when people talk about the excesses of MeToo-era feminism, I do think it's important to keep in mind the culture that it was responding to.
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
when people talk about the excesses of MeToo-era feminism, I do think it's important to keep in mind the culture that it was responding to.
A strange thing about living in SF & working at a posh Episcopal church is that I feel like I’m in a completely different economic world than everyone else right now. My spouse has been out of a job since April.
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
A strange thing about living in SF & working at a posh Episcopal church is that I feel like I’m in a completely different economic world than everyone else right now. My spouse has been out of a job since April.
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This is fine meme breaks containment
BREAKING: The UN climate talks COP30 have been evacuated due to a fire breaking out inside the venue in Belém, Brazil.
November 21, 2025 at 2:15 AM
This is fine meme breaks containment