Quote of the week:“Many people who want to write are unconsciously seeking peace, a coming together, an acknowledging of our happiness or an examination of what is broken, hoping to embrace and bring our suffering to wholeness.” –Natalie Goldberg What I’m reading:Regretting Motherhood: A Study by Orna Donath — I do not regret motherhood, but this is — Read More
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Weekly Roundup: June 18, 2021
Quote of the week:“The lonely fill up their lives with books.” –Sheila Heti What I’m reading:How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self by Nicole Lepera What I’m listening to:Crying in H Mart: A Memoir — Michelle Zauner I also LOVED this week’s episode on the “We Can — Read More
Weekly Roundup: June 11, 2021
Quote of the week:“A writer — and, I believe, generally all persons — must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource. All things have been given to us for a purpose, and an artist must feel this more intensely. All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, — Read More
Weekly Roundup: June 3, 2021
Quote of the week:“Getting your heart broken is a privilege of being human” — Paula McLain, from When the Stars Go Dark What I’m reading:Weather by Jenny OffillFlow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi What I’m listening to:The Invisible Husband of Frick Island by Colleen Oakley–just started! She’s one of my faves, so I’m — Read More
Weekly Roundup: May 28, 2021
Quote of the week:“Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid.” –Frederick Buechner What I’m reading:Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Motherhood by Sheila Heti What I’m listening to:When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain“We Can Do Hard Things podcast,” episode 3. I wasn’t even going to listen to this because — Read More
Weekly Roundup: May 21, 2021
Quote of the week:“I felt the world’s suffering as a vast and permanent expanse, an ocean that could on a moment’s whim sweep anyone it chose to its depths” –Joanne Tompkins, What Comes After What I’m reading:Overwhelmed: How to Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time by Brigid Schulte What I’m listening — Read More
Weekly Roundup: May 14, 2021
Quote of the week:“The older I get, the more myself I become.” —Dr. Gail Parker What I’m reading:My Daddy is a Hero: How Chris Watts Went from Family Man to Family Killer by Lena Derhally — just finished this. Fascinating, chilling What I’m listening to:Recipe for a Perfect Wife by Karma Brown What I’m watching:Nothing exciting, though — Read More
Weekly Roundup: May 7, 2021
Quote of the week:“In the words of the sixteenth Gyalwa Karmapa, ‘You take it all in. You let the pain of the world touch your heart and you turn it into compassion.’” –Pema Chodron What I’m reading:My Daddy is a Hero: How Chris Watts Went from Family Man to Family Killer by Lena Derhally (getting — Read More
Weekly Roundup: April 30, 2021
Quote of the week:“For a seed to achieve its greatest expression, it must come completely undone. The shell cracks, its insides come out and everything changes. To someone who doesn’t understand growth, it would look like complete destruction.” –Cynthia Occelli What I’m reading:What Comes After by Joanne Tompkins–just finishedWhereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri–just started What I’m listening to:The — Read More
Weekly Roundup: April 23, 2021
Quote of the week:“Sometimes I think,I need a spare heart to feelall the things I feel.”― Sanober Khan, A Thousand Flamingos What I’m reading:When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema ChodronWhat Comes After by Joanne Tompkins What I’m listening to:The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth What I’m watching:I haven’t been watching much lately, — Read More