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
Weekly Roundup: October 9
Quote of the week:“The American people have had to sacrifice far too much because of the incompetence of this administration.” –Kamala Harris What I’m reading:The Expatriates by Janice Y.K. Lee What I’m listening to:Hollywood Park: A Memoir — Mikel Jollett What I’m watching:“A Wilderness of Error” (Hulu) — Watched this whole series; still not sure — Read More
Weekly Roundup: October 2
Quote of the week:“Shut up, man” — Joe Biden What I’m reading:Same books as last week (been a slow reading week):White Fragility by Robin DiAngeloThis Tender Land by William Kent Krueger What I’m listening to:Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker What I’m watching:“Unwell” (Netflix) — I would like to see — Read More
Weekly Roundup: September 25
Quote of the Week:“Alone is a feeling you can get used to, and it’s hard to believe in a better alternative.” — Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji What I’m reading:White Fragility by Robin DiAngeloThis Tender Land by William Kent Krueger What I’m listening to:That’s Mental: Painfully Funny Things That Drive Me Crazy About Being — Read More
Weekly Roundup: September 18
Quote of the Week:“You needn’t berate yourself for failing to do it all, since doing it all is structurally impossible. The only viable solution is to make a shift: from a life spent trying not to neglect anything, to one spent proactively and consciously choosing what to neglect, in favour of what matters most.” — — Read More
All the Acorns on the Forest Floor is out today (kind of)
So, today is supposed to be the big release day for All the Acorns on the Forest Floor but, alas, things don’t always go as planned. The short of it is that the publishing world is a bit chaotic right now. Many books that were supposed to be released in spring got pushed to fall — Read More
Weekly Roundup: September 11
First off, I want to take a moment to acknowledge 9/11. It’s hard to believe it was NINETEEN YEARS ago today. For many of us, it was such a turning point in our lives, and left such an imprint on our psyches, that it will always feel like it “just happened.” I think of the — Read More
Weekly Roundup: September 4
Quote of the Week:“The pattern of ordinary life, in which so much stays the same from one day to the next, disguises the fragility of its fabric.” –The Dark Mountain Project manifesto What I’m reading:The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells (finished this; not for the faint of heart, but highly recommend)Tangerine by Christine — Read More