A lot of links and not much brain power this week, so let’s jump in!
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You know I’m pre-ordering the new Curtis Sittenfeld IMMEDIATELY on the off-chance it gets sent out a week early.
On not powering through — a conversation with Sorala Chemely, author of the new book The Resilience Myth: New Thinking on Grit, Strength, and Growth After Trauma which looks like required reading (for me).
We're not entitled to knowing every little thing about one another — or why you don’t need to tell social media anything by
.I will fucking piledrive you if you mention AI again — or — I'm going to ask ChatGPT how to prepare a garotte and then I am going to strangle you with it.
Four friends catch up over pasta.
LOOK & LISTEN
We’re eating steak & eggs together before we go see Twisters. You aren’t?
The front door of this home is enough for me to want to buy it.
A lease I’d like to lease.
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The cover I didn’t know I needed.
Surfer Nephew is a look I can get behind.
DO & BUY
I’ve made two purchases in past weeks that have changed my life for the better.
This incredible clothesline/drying rack that I got to replace the shitty one every household has and is never big enough. It is portable and easy to store, but is strong enough to withstand heavy winds, and is a solve when you don’t want a permanent solution in your home. It also fits up to THREE LOADS of washing on it.
And, a kiddie dog pool that I filled up in my front yard for little swims in my lunch hour, that give me so much more joy than the $37 it costs. We can dunk ourselves in, cool down, and then put the cover on so we only need to fill it every couple of days (we then use the water to water the garden). My husband was unconvinced when I ordered but is now a full convert.
We’ve made this Garlic Butter Prawns with Orzo dish from Georgina Hayden’s cookbook Taverna every week in the last month.
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Image 1: Random House
Image 2: Inhabit LA
Image 3: Kristin Perers for Taverna, by Georgina Hayden.
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I acknowledge all Gabrieleño speaking people as the Traditional Owners and custodians of the land on which I work and live in Laurel Canyon; as well as the Nunukul, Ngugi, and Gorenpul people of Quandamooka; and the Wiri, Barada Barna Kabalbara and Yetimarla, Yuibera, Birri-Gubba and Kungalburra peoples of Ilbilbie where I was born and raised. I pay my respect to Elders past and present, and to all first nations people.
Love the cover song!
Ahhh thank you for sharing my piece 🤍 so glad it spoke to you too x