I’ve been reading The Book of Delights by Ross Gay, which is unequivocally a book for me. Years ago, I used the hashtag “chasing tiny delights” and chronicled the beautiful gifts of my life. It fed a gratitude practice and, while it sounds overdone, I do believe it has changed my life. Reading his book […]
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a circular path
16 years ago when I was pregnant with our oldest son, I made some chalk pastel drawings for his nursery. I crouched in the floor and worked and worked on them. I still love them. I did another set sometime later. And then, after that, I barely touched the pastels. Maybe because they are super […]
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weekly photos vol 19
I tried a new way of uploading photos and they did this? Will I be able to do it again next week? I have no idea. Do I even like it? Either way, fall break was fun. I did paddleboard but I did not do it as gracefully as my 13yo.
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I stayed up too late last night to finish Klara and the Sun. I’ve never wished for a book club more. It’s a dystopian story, set in a future where kids are genetically “lifted” and possibly damaged at the same time. Some people are post-employment. Life is fragmented and isolated. And people buy Artificial Friends […]
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