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The Monday Morning Memo

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To Indiana Beagle:

Sir, I noticed on the almost-last page of the rabbit hole today that you offered to walk into a photo or painting and retrieve information. This photo is from a rabbit hole post a few years ago and for the life of me I can’t find out who painted the scene. What do you remember about it?

Thanks.

Deb Sofield
Speaker • Author • Coach• Wizard Academy Alumni

Deb,

These are the things I remember:
The angel’s name is Gruber.
He works for his brother Gabriel and he likes macaroni and cheese.
(I mean really likes it.)
The artist’s name is Thomas Blackshear.
The painting is called “Watchers in the Night.”

I’m happy to have been of service to you.
I hope you’re doing well.

Indy

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“If you see a couple across the restaurant, you can’t hear what they’re saying, but you know what they’re talking about. Because you can tell from the rhythm, how they cap each other, how they come on top of each other, how they cut each other off. And so if you can write that, the actors know it and they love it, because it’s natural, because they don’t have to fight the current of a clunky line.”

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