I'm sad it's not a gift giving guide like last year! I bought my friends those dish towels you recommended and they still talk about how much they love them!! I was counting on you...sigh. But I still enjoyed reading your post🙂
Thank you, Amy! I loved many of the things you loved (The English Teacher! The Diplomat for easy viewing! quilting! a writing desk--ish).
Also: being present (in the literal room) for the birth of my nephew;
watching my kids LOVE visiting family in the summer (the magic of grandparents in the Rocky Mountains and grandparents in the Michigan cacophony of relatives);
not being department chair and recovering from a bit of burnout;
the 2024 book THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF THE BODY (not its clickbait title, but its good advice about nervous systems);
oh! publishing my own 2024 book;
the self-awareness that emerged from a buy-nothing clothing year (although I will admit to holes in almost all my favourite underwear that I will need to replace come January);
TELL ME EVERYTHING by Elizabeth Strout, (some) Lauren Groff; Louise Gluck's collected poems read for the first time; many, many other books
Louise Gluck was in last year’s favorite things list! I’m still waiting for the new Strout to come in on my library holds — and I will add the secret language of the body!
The new Strout felt VERY Simone Weil to me, in the best way, and it made me add all her back catalogue to my library holds, because I can't remember which ones I've read before so I might just want to deep dive them in order.
I'm sad it's not a gift giving guide like last year! I bought my friends those dish towels you recommended and they still talk about how much they love them!! I was counting on you...sigh. But I still enjoyed reading your post🙂
Ok: art museum earrings, this print https://www.shaskiacuaspa.com/prints/p/no2 or this one: https://rosannamorris.com/shop/p/annie
Or, if you’re feeling crafty, make beeswax wraps! https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTYqykgrN/
Thank you, Amy! I loved many of the things you loved (The English Teacher! The Diplomat for easy viewing! quilting! a writing desk--ish).
Also: being present (in the literal room) for the birth of my nephew;
watching my kids LOVE visiting family in the summer (the magic of grandparents in the Rocky Mountains and grandparents in the Michigan cacophony of relatives);
not being department chair and recovering from a bit of burnout;
the 2024 book THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF THE BODY (not its clickbait title, but its good advice about nervous systems);
oh! publishing my own 2024 book;
the self-awareness that emerged from a buy-nothing clothing year (although I will admit to holes in almost all my favourite underwear that I will need to replace come January);
TELL ME EVERYTHING by Elizabeth Strout, (some) Lauren Groff; Louise Gluck's collected poems read for the first time; many, many other books
apples and peanut butter.
Louise Gluck was in last year’s favorite things list! I’m still waiting for the new Strout to come in on my library holds — and I will add the secret language of the body!
The new Strout felt VERY Simone Weil to me, in the best way, and it made me add all her back catalogue to my library holds, because I can't remember which ones I've read before so I might just want to deep dive them in order.