Your Blue Ridge piece instantly recalls the darkest days of 2020 and 2021 in a strange way. The words and images, the tralalas and purple wisteria, delighting but reminding of the hollow feeling of those days. It’s a good piece to hold onto.
Such great suggestions here! Also, loved the "Talking to the Birds" piece. A powerful flashback to the scariest times of the pandemic and a beautiful reminder that nature, herself, never paused. If anything we gave her the space to breathe and stretch a bit more. Beautifully written.
Thanks for bringing this up--I'd be delighted to do it in person! Though it will be in Chapel Hill, hopefully not too far for you :) I will put this on my "to schedule" list and keep you posted!
Your Blue Ridge piece instantly recalls the darkest days of 2020 and 2021 in a strange way. The words and images, the tralalas and purple wisteria, delighting but reminding of the hollow feeling of those days. It’s a good piece to hold onto.
Thank you 💜
Such great suggestions here! Also, loved the "Talking to the Birds" piece. A powerful flashback to the scariest times of the pandemic and a beautiful reminder that nature, herself, never paused. If anything we gave her the space to breathe and stretch a bit more. Beautifully written.
A good one :-) I lol’d
I also love Makkai's substack. And her book Great Believers is one of my favorites.
SO GOOD. I did also really enjoy her latest (Questions for You).
Might you ever do the 5/7 class live, Julia? I am so OVER Zoom and anything after 7 is hard for my brain. But the class sounds so cool!
Thanks for bringing this up--I'd be delighted to do it in person! Though it will be in Chapel Hill, hopefully not too far for you :) I will put this on my "to schedule" list and keep you posted!
lol--I do leave Durham sometimes! Just need plenty of notice...especially now. Thanks for considering!
Thank you for reading 💜