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Here for you, Vol. 3

On a day and night of equal length

Julia Smith

Julia Smith

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Here for you, Vol. 3
Wildflowers and prairie grasses in Winnemac Park earlier this month.

Hello!

A few very gentle summer-to-fall things to share:

  • A summery yoga practice featuring a Nikki Giovanni poem and some journal time at the end, from Tejal Yoga. I found it this morning after the always wonderful yoga with DuShaun was canceled. Highly recommend adding those to your calendar, though; the next one is October 28. (Link 1: YouTube, link 2: Garfield Park Conservatory)
  • I’m still deciding how I felt about the book itself, but I would listen to Meryl Streep read Tom Lake in her velvety human way all over again. Maybe in a decade or two. (NYT)
  • Almost all the books I’ve finished this year have been audio. More titles I’m still thinking about: Firekeeper’s Daughter, Yellowface, Joan is Okay, You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty, Olga Dies Dreaming. I mostly use StoryGraph instead of Goodreads now; if you’re there, let’s be friends!
Sitting in a park with a book open to a page with an Adrienne Rich poem: “My heart is moved by all I cannot save: So much has been destroyed/I have to cast my lot with those who age after age, perversely/with no extraordinary power, reconstitute the world.”
Adrienne Rich poem via All We Can Save.

Happy autumn equinox.

I’ve been away from this space for a long time but I’m inching closer to being back more regularly. Thanks for sticking around.

Gazine up at a blue sky at Winnemac Park, where the white sun shines through dark green leaves and lights a single, very pale purple flower.
Winnemac is really delivering the inspirational poster-worthy moments lately.

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