A holiday remix.
Sober parenting
+10
Recovery memoirs. James Tate. Tortoise. And Ben TG.
Gratitude
+3
Also: What would it be like to trick-or-treat your own house?
Can we achieve it by giving up our morning cold brew?
And Chicago’s Bean has officially been renamed “the Giant Butt”
August is the time when I get most depressed, so I'm trying to get a jump on that. Mary Oliver.
A new way to write a gratitude list. Jenny Odell is a genius. Jenny Liou is also one. A new Pema book.
Adult Children
+4
The perils of TV recapping through narcissistic injuries. Natalie Shapero. Thich Nhat Hanh on Anger. New tunes.
+7
We have a meeting today if you need it. Plus, Thomas Lux.
The Small Bow Family Orchestra
It’s a struggle to remain an adult all! Week! Long!
+5
Postcard from a writer's retreat in Pioneertown. New daily readers. Raymond Carver.
+2
It’s hard sometimes.
Amanda Hess. Parenthood. Sinéad O'Connor. New tunes.
Fear
Brett Favre. BJJ. Mary Oliver. Ellen Bass. All the things. New tunes.
Grace
Big if true!
Ben Gaffaney’s Sunday recovery roundup asks the important questions.
Ben Gaffaney on David Foster Wallace’s “This Is Water”
Death
+6
Plus, two of my favorite poems I discovered in 2024.
Edith Zimmerman
"I'll spend Christmas 2024 with my son, our first Christmas together in six years. ”
“I felt like I'd found the key to a door I knew I needed to open.”
"They were always drinking, as far back as I can remember, in a way that I can now recognize as problematic, but at the time it was just the way things were."
+9
How to detach from the ones you love this holiday season.
+8
The holiday march begins.
