March 23, 2021
Gleanings
- But the silver lining of the COVID-19 lockdown was that suddenly there was nowhere to go.
- Amid the current furor and this long history, a question continues to cry out for an answer that doesn’t lead us back to the police: Just how do we make cities safer for women?
- “The indignity of being Asian in this country has been underreported,” the poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong writes…
- 10 Things I’m Keeping From This Year
- That’s why treating your writing as play can be so powerful. It allows us to release some of the rules and strictures we’ve placed on ourselves, even/especially the unspoken ones.
- I’d forgotten what day it is today until I entered the pool for my morning swim and realized that the lifeguards were playing Irish music.
- It’s a well-rounded approach to mothering that has earned her an army of fans and followers across the internet. And according to Emmy, the secret to her success is her absolute honesty about both the positive and negative aspects of motherhood./ To which Dan has one succinct response: “Bullshit. Bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit.”
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I think of your Gleanings as a gift. Worthwhile contemplative reading in the midst of all the noise. I’m glad you continue every week. Thank you.
Thank you, dear Theresa. I think the same of everything you do, to be honest. xo