Hey y'all,
Here are 10 things I thought were worth sharing this week: - In praise of the good old-fashioned hobby.
- I am two stories deep into Denis Johnson's last book, The Largesse of the Sea Maiden, and I don't want it to end. If you aren't familiar with his work, I highly recommend his novella Train Dreams and the collection Jesus' Son as great books to start with. (Train Dreams was on my best of 2014 reading list.)
- Quick thoughts about walking.
- A wonderful look inside one of America's last pencil factories. (See also: Mr. Rogers at the crayon factory.)
- I've been thinking a lot about how an artist has to fall in love with her material.
- Recommended newsletters: If you care about education and technology, subscribe to Audrey Waters' HEWN, and if you, like me, are looking to fill the Writer's Almanac shaped hole in your inbox, try Matthew Ogle's poem-a-day newsletter, Pome.
- You have to have something to look forward to. (Even a bowl of soup.)
- If you enjoy cocktails, I highly recommend The Boulevardier.
- Ear candy: two great 90-minute (!) mixes of Kraftwerk, the first weaving in clips from a good Krautrock documentary. (There are a ton of other mixes on that site. Poke around.)
- RIP Dolores O'Riordan. ("Oh my life / is changing every day / in every possible way.")
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xoxo,
Austin
PS. It's never too late in the year to start your journal! | |
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