Oh this looks good! About to exercise— saved this for later! Thank you— yes to Philip K. Dick & Camus — I agree!!

I know very little about this topic, but Susan Cain dedicated a chapter in her book, Bittersweet, about life extension. She even went to a RAADfest which I never knew about until reading her book. It’s not something I’m interested in learning more about in a concrete way but I appreciate authors & others who share their explorations & interest.

Thank you— needed your message today!! 💜💜💜 Life has it’s ups & downs but it’s an extraordinary journey & it’s a blessing to be alive despite it all.

I turned 46 a few weeks ago & feel very grateful for life. Growing old does not frighten me. Beautiful message Roya!

My evening read 📖 (almost pub day). New Emily Wilson profile piece: “Brusqueness is often a mark of fear. You push people away when you worry that you need them too much.” And it rankles her that men whom she considers self-appointed guardians of the Western canon have questioned a woman’s fitness to do Homer justice. “Any woman who has lived with male rage at close range has a better chance of understanding the vulnerability that fuels it than your average bro. She learns firsthand how the ways in which men are damaged determine their need to wreak damage on others.” https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/09/18/emily-wilson-profile

dreamy clouds — September 🍁

Tiana Clark— a favorite poet of mine shared a wonderful poem this week of hers that was published in the New Yorker.

I told her it made me feel like this: Gorgeous build up - an overflow & then boom-all inside like an achy glow. She liked the “achy glow” part.

It made me cry— read cautiously if pregnancy is a sensitive spot. I have friends who have tried so hard to get pregnant— that’s why I give a soft warning.

Beautiful, beautiful poem

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/09/18/maybe-in-another-life-tiana-clark-poem

Thank you! The water photos are calming & cast a spell over my imagination!

Working late tonight— Curriculum Night at my school! I’m wearing a new blue dress but the pre-autumn chill has set in—bringing a warm drink! Hope everyone has a great rest of whatever time zone they inhabit.

Did you enjoy reading it?!

These are the two gems I purchased from Pittsburgh’s Art Book Fair (first ever exhibit)! I loved that the artists I chose (by coincidence) were connected to water & Michigan, USA (childhood memories).🍁💦

#zines #bookstodon #books

Tempting — if I only had the time & the right phone/computer. Good luck if this happens!

My morning read ☕️ “In wit begins criticism, but there is nothing sneering or pushy or pretentious or doctrinaire about it. Wit is measured not by «mere jests» or by the demonstration of one’s cleverness at the expense of others. It is measured by the ability to «move passions» and to «make passions.» To make a passion is not to invent a feeling whole cloth, to conjure something out of nothing. It is the ability to take one’s initial perception or impression of an object and to subject it to the earnest, protean, and fleet-footed movement of consciousness; to expose what one has seen, heard, tasted, and touched to «the sun of the Brain,» so that it may receive its illumination and its fast-spreading heat. Wit «sweetens melancholy, dresses joy; it quenches fear, raiseth hopes, eases pains,» Cavendish lists. «It mourns with sorrow, mends faults; it moves compassion, begs pardon.» We should note that she describes both wit’s enhancements and, more ardently, wit’s compensations – that it can raise hope just as it can sweeten melancholy, quench fear, ease pain, and mend faults. In turning an object over and around, wit can change one’s perception of what the true nature of a thing is.” ~Merve Emre https://www.vinduet.no/engelsk-versjon/the-function-of-criticism-at-the-present-time-lecture-by-merve-emre/

no worries— life is busy.

I appreciate that you keep brainstorming! Great ideas. In an attempt to not be rude, I post less about books I enjoy & literary news (my passions) — but I hang around because you never know what the future holds. Hoping the community grows— 💙

tired 🧸

My favorite TV series

Tis the season! 🍁 I rewatch episodes of Ghost Whisperer — ☺️

Pittsburgh here— we feel your pain! My household is grumpy because the Steeler’s had a tough loss today. We have the Patriots/Eagles on now.

I love digital text— but also really love the feel of a words on paper 💜 Anyway— good luck with your rizzchain adventures!