Finished reading: Screaming on the Inside by Jessica Grose 📚
Finished reading: Screaming on the Inside by Jessica Grose 📚
Finished reading: Simple Passion by Annie Ernaux 📚
Currently reading: Screaming on the Inside by Jessica Grose 📚
Sent the first issue of The Good Enough Newsletter this morning! Excited to work on it and use it to show up online:)
Little friend seen while on my walk today
2022 notebook. 2023 notebook.
Currently reading: Body Work by Melissa Febos 📚
Finished reading: Inciting Joy: Essays by Ross Gay 📚
This book made me cry and feel hopeful.
Finished reading: A Horse at Night by Amina Cain 📚
Really enjoyed this, and will re-read soon. The book is worth reading for the works cited (ie my new reading list).
Currently reading: A Horse at Night by Amina Cain 📚
“I’m a big believer in absorption, what we absorb when we read, what stays with us, and in a way, I think when I write about fiction, I get to see what has stayed with me.” — Amina Memory Cain in the Creative Independent
I heard back today about a prize I submitted my novel manuscript to back in August–the news was: not a finalist, this potential path ends here, door closed. In the moment of reading the email I was deflated and disappointed, but not crushed. Grogginess and disorientation. And also, content with writing away in my own privacy a while longer.
Morning walk with a friend and her pup. Talking about the effort it takes to maintain healthy relationships, how ‘keeping up appearances’ can lead to dysfunction, and our gratitude for the people who do show up.
Currently reading: Inciting Joy: Essays by Ross Gay 📚
“In my day, we had to go from the materials to the vision. The budget would only allow you to have so many materials, so much tape. You could only afford this caliber of recording studio. You could only bring in these musicians and rent these instruments. You had to stick within your budget. So you gathered your materials in your budget and came up with a vision that you could make from these materials. Today, they go the other way around, from the vision to the materials.” –Susan Rogers LINK via Austin Kleon
This feels like the internet I liked:)