Quote of the week:“The pandemic has created a collective grief experience that we have not yet addressed as a nation (or as a world). I’m not sure we even have the right words to describe what it is that we’re going through. In order for us to move through this experience and find a place — Read More
Author: Kim Hooper
Weekly Roundup: December 4, 2020
Quote of the week:“When something important in your life ends, it’s like a monument has burned. Stop sifting: there’s no reconstructing it from ash. Stand in the space and see it — burnt black as it may be — as a site for building. There’s room for something else now — what? You decide. Keep — Read More
Weekly Roundup: November 29
I usually do these on Fridays, but I was in a post-Thanksgiving fog on Friday, so here I am today. Quote of the week:“Becoming a mother has a way of coating your life with a thin layer of fear.” — Saumya Dave, Well-Behaved Indian Women What I’m reading:NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future — Read More
The Benefits of Writing Even If You’re Not “A Writer”
I’ve been thinking recently about how much writing has helped me cope during the pandemic, when so much feels out of control. Putting thoughts on paper, where I can see them, makes them feel more manageable. When they stay in my head too long, colliding with other thoughts, I start to go a little batty. — Read More
Weekly Roundup: November 20
Quote of the week:“Reading is an exercise in empathy; an exercise in walking in someone else’s shoes for a while.” –Malorie Blackman What I’m reading:The Last Story of Mina Lee by Nancy Jooyoun Kim What I’m listening to:Well-Behaved Indian Women by Saumya Dave What I’m watching:“The Queen’s Gambit” (Netflix). Lives up to the hype. Fantastic.“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” — Read More
Weekly Roundup: November 13
Quote of the week:“Writing is the antidote to confusion.” –James Clear What I’m reading:Memorial by Bryan Washington What I’m listening to:Well-Behaved Indian Women — Saumya DaveAnd a few podcast episodes:This American Life: Squeaker In Recovery: Don’t Read the CommentsLast Bad Day: Beyond the Bridge What I’m watching:“Fleabag” (Amazon Prime). I finished season 2 and I’m so — Read More
Weekly Roundup: November 6
Quote of the week:“No one is going to take our democracy away from us. Not now, not ever. America has come too far, fought too many battles, and endured too much to let that happen.” –Joe Biden What I’m reading:Little Bee by Chris Cleave What I’m listening to:Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of — Read More
Weekly Roundup: October 30
Quote of the week:“Be ‘selectively ignorant.’ Ignore topics that drain your attention. Unfollow people that drain your energy. Abandon projects that drain your time. Do not keep up with it all. The more selectively ignorant you become, the more broadly knowledgeable you can be.” —James Clear (This quote reminds me of the below comic) What I’m reading:A Good Neighborhood by — Read More
Weekly Roundup: October 23
Quote of the week:“I would beg to disagree, but begging disagrees with me” –Fiona Apple (this line from her latest album keeps going through my head as I run into political disagreements) What I’m reading:A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler Some good essays/articles:“The Problem with Vegetarianism” — read this; it’s not what you think“Why — Read More
Weekly Roundup: October 16
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: — Read More