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Part 2 of What I Am Doing While I Am Not Writing 1,000 Words Per Day: Engaging deeply with things written and created by others. In the last two weeks, I binged two podcasts pretty hard. The first is a storytelling podcast, Personally by the Canadian Broadcast Co (Canada's NPR!). Season 4 is Discount Dave… Continue reading Engaging in What Others Make
Our region had a snowstorm on the last day before the official start of winter ... and winter has been proceeding accordingly. Huge snowfall predicted this weekend, so we shall see! Onigiri after shoveling. Yummy pancakes and eggs by Nate. The end of 2025 was like: I blocked off my cube so I could honor… Continue reading “The Most Exciting Things Are Happening Offline”
I had a lot to say about the end of this year but I do not want to rehash that. I want to talk about books!! I feel something akin to Imposter Syndrome for parenting, whenever people assume I did not read this year. "I know you couldn't possibly be reading," well-intentioned folks tell me.… Continue reading What I Read in 2025
I enjoyed getting back into Marilynne Robinson's Gilead series last summer, so I had every intention of reading Home, the last one I hadn't read, in fall 2024. But it's been sitting around, waiting for me to return. Perhaps this is the perfect moment. We've had a break from all the heat waves; the first… Continue reading Home
I am ten weeks postpartum tomorrow. Two and a half months of my sweet little one! I can't tell if it is very smart or very stupid to pair up newborn lockdown with winter quad-demic lockdown and also the coldest, snowiest winter in recent memory. Even this statue in Haddonfield NJ needed to bundle up!… Continue reading Living for Winter Light