In my group activities, the women in my writing group with Zee are writing amazing, heartfelt pieces. In my yoga classes, especially Gentle Yoga, people who made a yoga resolution back in January are still showing up, week after week. My book group is so smart! Every month, they blow me away with the insights they bring to that month’s selection. The day after the book group met, Kathryn Marco Polo-ed me, gushing about how grand the discussion was. So even though the world is so very fucked up right now, there have been things that have been inspiring me in April.
Tag: Reading
Book Group Picks and Personal Favorites of 2025
I so love to read! And I love talking about books with people who have just read them. That is why my book group is one of the ongoing joys of my life. We are even considering making 2026 the Year of the Classics.
Inspired By In August 2025
Thinking About I spend the mornings reading now. I used to spend them writing, and sometimes scrolling—a bad habit I finally fixed by installing Downtime*, which restricts my screen time. I finished The Master last night. It’s a fictional biography of Henry James, and I loved it. Now I want to re-read James’s A Portrait … Continue reading Inspired By In August 2025
Inspired By In March 2025
The problem with me is that I am a terrible photographer. Not only that, but I always want to take a picture at the wrong time, like during yoga class when everyone is in Happy Baby, or of someone who definitely does not want their picture taken. I take these forbidden pictures anyway.
Inspired By In February 2025
I’m currently reading Something In The Woods Loves You by Jarod K. Anderson. It’s making me feel kinda the same way I felt when I read Braiding Sweetgrass. Like nature will cure us if we let her. It makes me want to go for long walks in the woods, and not think about all the things.
Vacation: Reading
Even though it may look like I’m doing things and functioning in the world, I’m not. I’m pondering the nature of my non-romantic relationships, vacationing on Cape Cod with my older children and aging parents, making my way down the Mississippi on a raft, and making kinky sex videos.
Winterlude: How To Negotiate This Weird Week Between Christmas and New Year’s
My sole intention for this week was to live for four days like an animal: sleep when tired, eat when hungry, track any random ideas, patrol the outside environment at least once a day, and stay minimally connected to any static on the internet.
What I’m Inspired by, Reading, Watching, Eating, etc.
This is the first Shutterbean Checklist of September. What I'm reading, eating, inspired by, watching, etc.
The Weekly Check-In
There’s a blogger I follow who writes under the name of Shutterbean. Www.shutterbean.com She calls herself, “a food stylist and photographer based in the SF Bay area.” Emily turned me on to her. Among other things, she has a list of prompts you can fill in and then use to track certain things month by … Continue reading The Weekly Check-In
My Brain On Biden
Ever since Biden’s election, I feel my brain coming back on line. For the four years Trump was president all I could think about was the world, and him, and the crazy shit he was always doing and tweeting. I read the newspapers voraciously. I followed all kinds of journalists and politicians on Twitter. I … Continue reading My Brain On Biden
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