Miss Lady, I have all the delightful escape you can handle, starting with A Lady’s Guide to Fortune Hunting, or Lessons in Chemistry. Or you can escape with Ninth House (fantasy, ghosts, murder) and its sequel. See also: The Change, Anxious People, or The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden. And I’m sending all of my stars to shore up your scaffolding for the continued renewal of your journey!
I should have gone straight to the source with my request! And here is where I confess that I was immediately drawn to every difficult memoir you had on today’s list. It’s like I cannot help myself: clearly I need more lambs in my life!!
Can't wait for next week's edition to hear how the social media diet and the global panels and the workouts all helped with recovery. Sorry for strategy brain but I wonder if you put them on a quadrant chart of need (necessary to nice maybe as the poles) on one axis and impact on recovery (lifeblood to limited) where work v human connection v self care would land. Loving your substack and your life work.
How I love that your strategy brain never stops working! Can we chat about this over coffee one of these days? I’m super intrigued by this thought, and not just because I’ve never met a four box I didn’t love..!
It’s no wonder you’re tired you accomplish so much every day. I just finished Birding Without Borders. It’s a very fun well-told story of a journey around the world chasing half the birds in the world. Even a non-bird lover will enjoy the story and the humor. But who doesn’t love birds?
Gina dear friend, I sense more vulnerability here in this post -- and I admire you for it. (I am also an enthusiastic supporter of your social media "diet.") Given you are doing so much reliving here in your Substack I thought a memoir may fit the bill for a literary diversion. I recently finished Just Kids by Patti Smith and I heartily recommend it. She recounts in moving and engaging prose her early years of adulthood in NYC (late 60s to mid-70s), her artistic pursuits and primarily her fascinating relationship with Robert Maplethorpe. I think you will like it, I suspect Per would enjoy it too! Thinking of you and sending you loads of stars! xoxo
Thank you, Kati, for seeing what I really needed! Funny you mention Patti Smith: she’s the person Rishad pointed me toward when I was first thinking of this Substack. I’ve never read any of her books, maybe it’s about time I do.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.... and book recos: Lessons in Chemistry, 7 Husbands of Evelyn Hugo ... and The Thursday Murder Club series ...
I’m noting that Lessons in Chemistry is mentioned twice with your reco, and so I am ordering it now before I think too much more!
Miss Lady, I have all the delightful escape you can handle, starting with A Lady’s Guide to Fortune Hunting, or Lessons in Chemistry. Or you can escape with Ninth House (fantasy, ghosts, murder) and its sequel. See also: The Change, Anxious People, or The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden. And I’m sending all of my stars to shore up your scaffolding for the continued renewal of your journey!
I should have gone straight to the source with my request! And here is where I confess that I was immediately drawn to every difficult memoir you had on today’s list. It’s like I cannot help myself: clearly I need more lambs in my life!!
Oh listen, all of those were great too!! Go with the muse that calls to you (but yes everyone needs the occasional five lamber)
Can't wait for next week's edition to hear how the social media diet and the global panels and the workouts all helped with recovery. Sorry for strategy brain but I wonder if you put them on a quadrant chart of need (necessary to nice maybe as the poles) on one axis and impact on recovery (lifeblood to limited) where work v human connection v self care would land. Loving your substack and your life work.
How I love that your strategy brain never stops working! Can we chat about this over coffee one of these days? I’m super intrigued by this thought, and not just because I’ve never met a four box I didn’t love..!
It’s no wonder you’re tired you accomplish so much every day. I just finished Birding Without Borders. It’s a very fun well-told story of a journey around the world chasing half the birds in the world. Even a non-bird lover will enjoy the story and the humor. But who doesn’t love birds?
Reading about birding sounds about as freeing as a book can get! Thanks, Sue!
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Gina dear friend, I sense more vulnerability here in this post -- and I admire you for it. (I am also an enthusiastic supporter of your social media "diet.") Given you are doing so much reliving here in your Substack I thought a memoir may fit the bill for a literary diversion. I recently finished Just Kids by Patti Smith and I heartily recommend it. She recounts in moving and engaging prose her early years of adulthood in NYC (late 60s to mid-70s), her artistic pursuits and primarily her fascinating relationship with Robert Maplethorpe. I think you will like it, I suspect Per would enjoy it too! Thinking of you and sending you loads of stars! xoxo
Thank you, Kati, for seeing what I really needed! Funny you mention Patti Smith: she’s the person Rishad pointed me toward when I was first thinking of this Substack. I’ve never read any of her books, maybe it’s about time I do.