Friday Open Thread (with Breaking Ice)
Dear Friends,
A few days ago I sat down to journal about February – a month I continue to
wrestle with
Friday Open Thread (with Stillness)
Dear Friends,
I got 1500 words into a Long Letter for February before deciding I would wait to
finish and
A Long Letter for January
Dear Friends,
Happy New Year! It's been a while – but since I last wrote on New Year'
New Year's Eve, 2021
Dear Friends,
I am extraordinarily sleepy. I have had a big, beautiful meal; I'm drinking a
gift; in
Friday Open Thread (with Postcards)
Dear Friends,
When I first moved to the UK – over a decade ago, as a penniless student not yet
dreaming
In Search of Lost Timelines
In another timeline, you aren't reading this. You're reading something silly,
joyful, titled Friday Open Thread
Friday Open Thread (with December and Gifts)
Dear Friends,
It's December, Sagittarius season, and my birthday month, bringing with it the
end of the teaching
On Sondheim
Dear Friends,
Most weeks I try to gather up little bits of news to deliver in a bundle at
week&
Friday Open Thread (with Quiet)
Dear Friends,
I'm writing to you from my family's home in the wilderness, surrounded by deep
In Memoriam: Petra Mayer
Petra Mayer
[https://www.npr.org/sections/npr-extra/2018/06/11/618848485/faces-of-npr-petra-mayer]
– editor at NPR Books, pillar of my