Good Stuff for Your Weekend
Vol 3.
Some Good Stuff… Eight links for your weekend.
But first, gratitude:
Today, I am grateful for February. I couldn’t wait to turn the page of my desk calendar to that shortest month with the rogue “r” that I always spell correctly because of that one time I studied for the test in elementary school.
Jenny Lawson says, “It won’t always be like this.” (Let’s Art Together)
Drew Barrymore pairs a poem from Josie Balka with photographs from her iconic career. It was a salve for my Xeneal soul. Side note: Drew Berrymore has lived her whole life in the public eye. She might be kind of kooky, but she turned out alright.
This essay is about solitary confinement, but for me, it’s about the seductive pull of addiction. (The Small Bow)
“You can feel yourself slipping toward total dissociation, becoming unmoored from the physical world. And you want it to happen. You will not be able to admit it, least of all to yourself, but you want to let go of reality. You don’t want to deal with the world anymore and you don’t want to get out of solitary.”
A Still Born Foal and a father dying of Alzheimer's (Short Reads) My Aunt has Alzheimer’s, and I just got back from seeing her in Arizona, so this one hit me hard.
I don’t have words for this… Just watch and prepare to be memorized. (Usha Jey)
Isn’t this bookstore dreamy? Side note: The L.A. Fires are 100% contained!
I was 12 years sober when my son Aiden died, but I can still relate to this Cancer Mom’s story. It’s long, but reads fast and is so well written. (Narratively)
“Moving forward at 70% takes more guts, more strength of character, than holding out for 100%, because it entails moving forward amid uncertainty”
Side note: I tinkered with these links for waaaay longer than necessary, maybe I should re-read this one?
I’ve always wanted to go to a book festival. Have you ever been? Where did you go? What was it like? Check out this list by state.
In case you missed it:
This week, I wrote about the Grammy’s and L.A.
