Greetings, book and treat people! I was on vacation last week, and I purposely stayed off the internet. I didn’t look at my email, read the news, or scroll social media. It was a magical week full of wildlife and wonder. I still can’t really believe it happened, though I am deeply grateful to be home and reunited with my doggo love. I was also profoundly aware, all through the days during which I was not engaging with the world beyond what I could see of it, of the ongoing genocide, of all the lives shattered and destroyed. So many Palestinians were killed last week. Nex Benedict, an Indigenous trans teenager, was murdered at his high school in Oklahoma. I came home to the news of Aaron Bushnell, the 25-year-old US airman who self-immolated in protest of the genocide in Palestine.
I’m reading Martyr! now. I’m trying to read slowly, even though I want to race through it, the writing is so good, so simple yet complex. I don’t reread books, but perhaps this is a book that requires a second (or third) read?!?!
I'm sending so much love your way. Bottomless sadness is the exact feeling I'm having as well, and you perfectly put it into words. Continue to be gentle with yourself (a reminder to myself, as well), and somehow, I hope, we will get through this terrible time.
“This half-awake thought that maybe we should be striving to become more legible to each other.” My heart breaks with yours and I felt a spark when I read this line. I too have found both reading and writing to be difficult this week. Take care.
Wow ‘The Woman’s House of Detention’ sounds amazing! I’m glad you had a wonderful holiday and an opportunity to detox from all the noise. The world feels very heavy right now. Take care 🩵
it’s so nice to see someone reading my book out in the wild! (Ecologia is mine 💜) hope you enjoy it
I’m reading Martyr! now. I’m trying to read slowly, even though I want to race through it, the writing is so good, so simple yet complex. I don’t reread books, but perhaps this is a book that requires a second (or third) read?!?!
I'm sending so much love your way. Bottomless sadness is the exact feeling I'm having as well, and you perfectly put it into words. Continue to be gentle with yourself (a reminder to myself, as well), and somehow, I hope, we will get through this terrible time.
“This half-awake thought that maybe we should be striving to become more legible to each other.” My heart breaks with yours and I felt a spark when I read this line. I too have found both reading and writing to be difficult this week. Take care.
I adored Martyr! and have also been thinking about it a lot this week- sending lots of love ❤️
Wow ‘The Woman’s House of Detention’ sounds amazing! I’m glad you had a wonderful holiday and an opportunity to detox from all the noise. The world feels very heavy right now. Take care 🩵