September 21, 2021
Gleanings
- And while the abortion storyline is fast-paced and enthralling, what really propels the novel in all its facets is Wall’s impressive facility with language.
- i have spent money, i’m not going to lie, but there are several bottles lying around that have been used for about a week and then forgotten. looks like i’m just going to age
- The difference is that I am now focused outwardly rather than on myself, as I begin to explore how to bundle up my wisdom and experience to benefit others.
- OK, yes? but also, no? Not no to every claim, not no to anger at patriarchy, but no to wanting to be yelled at about it for pages, especially because I already basically agree.
- Do you make a hoard of summer memories to keep against the cold ahead?
- For some of us, the sky is as important and vital as water.
- And yet, if one essential premise of short stories is that they are different in nature from chapters in a novel, it’s hard to see how the thirteen self-contained pieces in The Most Precious Substance on Earth don’t qualify.
- Through this I’ve come to realize that picnicking is one of my favourite things to do — I prefer it to dining in a restaurant any day. And the Chill Buddy has been a reliable and consistent dining companion.
- if you leave a wrestling show and your throat isn’t hoarse from screaming at the heels and screaming for the faces, then either you or the wrestlers have not done their jobs.
- Once I called Canada home, it stuck.
- I am continuously taking pictures of “paths” in nature.
- I’ve been writing occasionally this year (okay, actually a lot) about how Pyjama Writing has transformed my practice.
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I’ve come to recognize some of these by their writing. There are times I read the list and say, “Ah, I know who wrote that!”
My sincere appreciation for including me in this one.