Something I thought about:
- This was a week of big feelings — fun, grief, frustration, and silliness. We made it through, but I could use some time to process and sort. That’s mostly it. I need to carve out some quiet time for myself to write and to read and to just be.
Something I did:
- Baked caracs for the first time – that was fun. I haven't baked in a while, and this wasn't difficult, but I had to adjust the recipe on the fly, and I got to break out the stand mixer and rolling pin
- Sent out a family & friends newsletter for the first time since we left Switzerland – given how much time had passed, it was pretty epic
- PMing — focused on internal work this week
- Dealt with a major community loss & the grief that goes with it
- Celebrated the child’s birthday
- Registered for a writer's conference
- Went bowling
- Ran a lot of errands
Something I read:
- Two of my four slow reads (Wolf Hall and War & Peace). I really need to catch up on This Little Art & The Preparation of the Novel. The latter two require more focused attention, and I simply haven’t had time lately — to read or to write. I can read fiction while hanging out at soccer practice, but I need a different kind of attention for these texts.
- Two Tribes by Emily Bowen Cohen
