I consider these little weekly roundups a journal of sorts (though I also keep a journal). Maybe one day I’ll want to see what I was thinking about in a given week. Or not. I don’t think I’ve ever gone back and read an old journal. The writing is the point, isn’t it? Quote of — Read More
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Weekly Roundup: March 11, 2022
The news continues to be utterly depressing and I’ve been thinking a lot about overwhelm, and how to reconcile my own relatively petty concerns with the much larger concerns of others in different parts of the world (or next door, for all I know). Basically, #empathproblems. Quote of the week:“If we don’t change, we don’t — Read More
Weekly Roundup: February 25, 2022
Happy Friday! Mine started off with a 16-mile run in beautiful weather, during which I saw a big pod of dolphins—pretty idyllic if you ask me. Here’s to idyllic things for all of us this weekend. Quote of the week:“I am a great friend of chaos. It’s all we have. I mean, this whole concept — Read More
Weekly Roundup: February 4, 2022
Quote of the week:“I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means.” –Joan Didion What I’m reading:Damnation Spring by Ash Davidson What I’m listening to:Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner What I’m watching:The Tinder Swindler on Netflix Writing news:I got two lovely blurbs for Ways the World Could End — Read More
Weekly Roundup: January 28, 2022
Quote of the week:“Revelations can be disastrous, but they can also be a way of building. You rip apart what you were holding fast to and then you discover new reserves in yourself. And, to me, that is exactly what we’re going through right now with the pandemic.” –Rita Dove What I’m reading:The Sweet Spot: — Read More
Weekly Roundup: January 21, 2022
Quote of the week:“Language is our portal to meaning-making, connection, healing, learning, and self-awareness. Having access to the right words can open up entire universes. When we don’t have the language to talk about what we’re experiencing, our ability to make sense of what’s happening and share it with others is severely limited. Without accurate — Read More
Weekly Roundup: January 14, 2022
Quote of the week:“I think a lot of us are taught to get to the destination of our ‘true self.’ The problem with landing on a true self is that everything you’ve been before then isn’t ‘true.’ I don’t buy that. It sets up a dichotomy: Who you are now is somehow superior and better — Read More
Weekly Roundup: January 7, 2022
Hope you are staying as healthy as possible in the midst of this Omicron craziness… It’s been another doozy of a week. Quote of the week:“The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself.” –William Faulkner What I’m reading:Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Commitment and the Language of Human — Read More
Weekly Roundup: December 24, 2021
Quote of the week: “In every moment, there are ten thousand joys and ten thousand sorrows.” I can’t remember where I heard this… it was either in a podcast or a book I was listening to. I believe the person said it’s a Chinese proverb, but google says it’s a Buddhist saying. What I’m reading:Apples — Read More
Weekly Roundup: December 17, 2021
Quote of the week:“Wisdom is knowing I am nothing, love is knowing I am everything, and between the two my life moves.” –Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj What I’m reading:Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty How to Prepare for Climate Change: A Practical Guide to Surviving the Chaos by David Pogue (this book is both depressing and extremely helpful… I — Read More