#01_01_2020

[thebrewstorian]

January 31, 2020. The Widmer Brothers Brewing Company pick up.

Remember January 2020? 01_01_2020? A year that started out VERY fun until that special Friday the 13th in March when it wasn't.

On January 31, 2020, my co-worker Karl McCreary, collections archivist, and I made a trip to Portland in a very large white cargo van to pick up a collection. A very special and important collection.

Jeff Alworth, who had recently released his book The Widmer Way, had worked his way through many of these historic materials and gathered oral histories in the process. The company was at a point of transition and he knew these records needed to go somewhere. Fortunately, he also knew about the Oregon Hops and Brewing Archives!

It took two years to process, but I finished up reviewing, organizing, and describing the collection last month. 2 1/2 years after we picked this up... I've been an archivist for nearly 20 years, but the twists and turns of this collection slowed me down! Also, there was a pandemic.

I'll post the info about the final product of the collection in the next couple days, but for today I want to celebrate these pictures. They are a set of "on the cusp of something these two people didn't anticipate" pictures, which are touching as we've rounded the corner from January 2020 into August 2022.

January 2020: my daughter turned 16. August 2022: my daughter goes to college. Life goes fast. Stop to appreciate the model cars and wall paintings.

But wait, there's more!

Part 1: The Collection

Part 2: The Company

[thernfeng]

2019尾声与她第一次的跨年， 我俩咬着薯片在20楼窗景的小窝欣赏2020烟火，我俩视角和烟火完全达到一个平衡线没冲突 #别人跨年我只跨你 #endof2019 #welcome2020 #ourfirstcountdown #ouryear #couplegoals #lexaeus_life #wendy_life #ourstory #01_01_2020 #190519 #10102020💍 (at Malacca City) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6w1h9_l7bqUx-2qnLDByDuvDUzc8dy9S6X1AM0/?igshid=d2id20ivpdqw

[martadanielabc]

#firstpictureoftheyear😁📖🙏❤🍀⚓⏳🎀💎🌹🌜🌟⭐🌛🕊🦋♎⚖ #page1of366days😁📖🙏❤🍀⚓⏳🎀💎🌹🌜🌟⭐🌛🕊🦋♎⚖ #01_01_2020😁📖🙏❤🍀⚓⏳🎀💎🌹🌜🌟⭐🌛🕊🦋♎⚖ #happynewyear😄🌞🌜🌟⭐🌛🤩🥰😘💋😍❤💎🎀🍀⚓♎⚖🌹🕊🙏🏡⏳2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣0️⃣🥳🎊🎉🎆🎇🎈 https://www.instagram.com/p/B6ypdEjn8qPb1cotWc9I8v8RN9At4TeMKe4byw0/?igshid=1zaq0m70e37z

[monocolor26]

Reasons to Exist

To love

To be honest

To appreciate

and be appreciated

To be able to communicate

To talk to the people we love

To be reconciling at the beginning of a new year

To feel

To cry

To grow

Did I mention to love?

01_01_2020 -:- 3:05 am

[caseylanderkin]

Evangelho do Dia 01/01/2020

Evangelho do Dia 01/01/2020

Primeira Leitura (Nm 6,22-27)

Leitura do Livro dos Números:

O Senhor falou a Moisés, dizendo: “Fala a Aarão e a seus filhos: Ao abençoar os filhos de Israel, dizei-lhes:

‘O Senhor te abençoe e te guarde! O Senhor faça brilhar sobre ti a sua face, e se compadeça de ti!

O Senhor volte para ti o seu rosto e te dê a paz!’ Assim invocarão o meu nome sobre os filhos de Israel, e eu os abençoarei”.

–…

[monocolor26]

Still 01-01-2020

2020 is simply loving

loving simply because i can

and holding nothing back

it’s being me and nothing less

it’s time not to censor my words

but i know it will be the most beautiful year for kindness

being kind simply because i can

and i know people out there wanting to feel it too

it’s stopping myself from saying all the things i can’t do

because i’m scared of what others will think

it’s time for feeling whole

for feeling full

full inside and light without the weight of ‘before’

it’s about clarity and seeing in

2020

vision

01_01_2020 -:- 9:16 pm

[monocolor26]

01-01-2020

Yesterday was my birthday But I just prayed that it was any other day It’s just another day It’s just another day How many times did I have to say it I don’t want to tell myself that again

My mom slut shamed me on my birthday Because of a dress I wanted to buy “You’re not on her level. You can’t afford to wear something like that.” I’m sick I can’t afford to be myself? Oh that’s right I forgot I always have to lose myself in your sight

I dissociated in the back seat of that black car It’s hypnotic, watching moving scenery  And memorizing lyrics I don’t want to know, but it’s how I cope

How breathless can my chest feel How many cavities have lightened themselves Just to tighten their grip on my veins I’m losing my breath, this sensation Hypnotic, breathless waves

If I just say the words that everyone wants to hear I won’t be the victim of overpowering egos It was my birthday But it wasn’t Hiding in a clean white room I’ve learned all the ways to do it silently This time I taught myself to breath So I could save some of my tears for later

I was happy I received so many birthday wishes From those I wanted to hear it from Beautiful, tiny, perfect stars of memory Crystalize forever into my heart

But it wasn’t my birthday “Hope your day is great!” This time I didn’t cry silently

Bury me, please help me burn this body “All this negativity is blinding” Take out my eyes Bind these hands Break my goddamn spine In these hours I am crippled and destroyed

I will make me, again I will be with full honesty I will hold tightly onto love I will follow it to each of my friends

I will love and appreciate fiercely 

Here’s to me Here’s to you

01_01_2020 -:- 2:36 am