It's Monday
and I have 59 tabs open on my laptop
Hello Friends,
I’m coming to you a few days late because I was having too much fun.
Last week was Spring Break and we traveled up to Northern California. We saw the kelp forests in Monterey, the Redwoods in Santa Cruz and froze our butts off at Pier 39 in San Fransisco.
All this fun means I have a lot of catching up to do.
It’s Monday and raining and I currently have 59 tabs open on my laptop. I have a pile of mail to go through and a dentist appointment in a few hours. The kids will whine and drag their feet when I wake them up, grumpy after a week of sleeping in.
My to-do list is a mile long, and writing to you was the first thing I wanted to check off. I get so much out of these weekly letters. It is more than a creative outlet, it’s a creative springboard opening up space for me to write more and think more critically about the things I read.
I hope you enjoy reading these little notes as much as I enjoy writing them.
This is where I am today. Thank you for listening.
xoxo
Emily
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Read This Week
Writers and Lovers by Lily King
Never have I seen myself so much in a character as I did with Casey in this book. I was a server in restaurants because it was easy and I was moderately good at it. I was sexually harassed by kitchen staff and customers and felt I had no recourse (more)
Links to Ponder
If you need a pep talk from a kindergartner, call (707) 998-8410. No really CALL. I promise it will make your day.
On grief (Cup of Jo)
New board games for your family game night. (Modern Mrs. Darcy)
100 words, times four equals a warm heart. (Tiny Love Stories)
Enemies to lovers or mistaken identity—why we love tropes in our romance novels (LitHub)
How studying baboons can help you survive high school (Narratively)
Read how these L.A. writers spent the last two years of the pandemic. (L.A. Times)
The Babysitter’s Club is getting canceled, my daughter is going to be so sad. (Vulture)
How to avoid the impulse buy (Aesthetics of Joy)
Keep telling our stories. Keep demanding to be heard (Oldster)
A $75 nap (Curbed)
We think of A.I. as something to bring in to replace workers, but what if it’s just to manage bad working conditions? (New York Times)
Sleep 101 (Headspace)
Better Names for Food (Kotte)
A sweet story about small moments and passing stages in motherhood (Motherwell)
Your Journal Prompt for Today
What are you reading or listening to this week? What have you created that wasn’t there before? Post your response in the comments below or tag me on Instagram @emilykathleenwrites