Fiction, Essay, Photography … Sometimes Vampires
I rang in this year on a Sara J. Maas bender, and was just thinking that I need a new series to get lost in this winter when I started Vampire Hunter D. Maybe that'll be my next winter month obsession. In the sunshine this summer I devoured biographies of Edna St. Vincent Millay and… Continue reading What I Read in 2023
It's the something-est time of the year! Caring for PeopleChristmas 2023 took over my whole month of December, and that's OK, because the two themes this year have been: Time with my loved ones, and service to others (through community orgs I love.) I think this is the best case scenario, for grown-ups. I feel… Continue reading Celebrating people, and community
When Spotify Wrapped told me this, I was not surprised: My number one album of the year was The Age of Pleasure by Janelle Monae. Every time I listen, it feels like summer at a pool party or on the beach. I was telling a dear friend recently that this is my most up-beat December… Continue reading Upbeat at Year’s End
Just around the time I found my craving Angela Carter and rereading the short stories in The Bloody Chamber, and also kept encountering* and reading other short works of fiction, I was also bumping into the idea of a literary Advent calendar. The idea is simple: read one short story every day for a month.… Continue reading 28 Short Stories / “literary Advent calendar” if you insist
I've been home for a week, and all I can say is that the jetlag is lessening. But it's still with me. The first day of a vacation is always magical, because it's a novel state to be in. Taiwan is so exciting: Japan made me want to take pictures of EVERYTHING! I had to… Continue reading Looking with Fresh Eyes
Laura Eppinger 