Quote of the week:
“Everyone is stuck in their lives, thinking about what people are thinking about them, when actually nobody is thinking about them. Only you are thinking about yourself, usually. You and your mother.” — Janice Y.K. Lee, The Expatriates
What I’m reading:
Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
What I’m listening to:
Hollywood Park: A Memoir — Mikel Jollett
Everyone’s Happy — Rufi Thorpe (short story; Audible original)
What I’m watching:
“Intervention” (A&E)–binged a bunch of episodes from the latest season
“Catastrophe” (Amazon Prime)–loving it
Writing news:
- All the Acorns on the Forest Floor will be officially released ON TUESDAY!
- All the Love: Healing Your Heart and Finding Meaning After Pregnancy Loss will be out on March 23. We are super active on Twitter and Instagram so follow us there (@allthelovetalk)
- People Who Knew Me will be re-released on May 12 (new cover reveal coming soon!)
- My next novel has a release date–June 15! I just saw the final cover and I love it. Will share soon
What I’m talking about:
- Pandemic grief (read here) and pandemic meltdowns (read here)
- This Instyle article that is quite the talk of the town where I live. A quote: “We are truly in a crisis of conscience right now in wellness. We must not allow yoga to be used as a tool for hatred, bigotry, and division, or as a vehicle for the spreading of misinformation and destruction. Our duty in the wellness community, and beyond, is to believe in science — as yoga itself is a science of the mind — and combat these outlandish conspiracy theories with legitimate facts and peer-reviewed research”
- The baseball World Series that I keep forgetting is happening–Go Dodgers!
Weirdest thing I googled this week:
“Apocalypse predictions.” I feel like with each week I’m giving you clues to my novel-in-progress (and/or my mental state).
What I’m grateful for:
All the years I got with my grandmother. She passed away on October 3, which was especially heartbreaking because I hadn’t been able to visit her since the pandemic began in March. My daughter and I were visiting her weekly before COVID. They had a special bond, and I’m so grateful they were able to have time together. We are celebrating my grandma’s life on Monday. I’m looking forward to the time with family.
