(1) Marvin Gaye. (2) Forbearance. (3) Grace. (4). Carlos Drummond de Andrade. (5) Gardens! (6) Mornings! (7) Rosario Castellanos. (8) [“…gardens of inexhaustible] [L]anguage”! (9) Alejandra Pizarnik, unabashed melancholic. (10) A large pie from Vecchia. (11) That one No Doubt song S– keeps playing, if I’m being honest. An anthem, it is. Catchy at that. (12) That S– likes pretty much everything. Music-wise, I mean. (Gwen Stefani, Goo Goo Dolls, Husker Du, Avenged Sevenfold, Amy Winehouse. Etc.) (13) Lingonberries. (14) Lifetime achievement. (15) Frontline. (16) Southern Exposure. (17) Corresponding with other writers. (18) Teaching. (19) The (distant) light at the end of tunnel. (20) The tunnel itself, mostly. (21) Witches by Roald Dahl. (22) The aroma of my son’s blueberry scone. (23) A healthy tbsp of good quality honey in black coffee. (24) All day Saturday with the boy. (25) Cloudless, blue sky. (26) Dried cranberries + cashews. (27) Trauma and Recovery by Judith Herman. (28) February (nearly) in the rearview. (29) Cleaning up. (Still.) (30) Renewals. (Still, continual.)
“30 Things I Love Right Now” is a foundational pillar of The Write Mindfulness Project, a free resource for writers who want to build a more sustainable creative practice that doesn’t glorify the constant grind for external validation but instead encourages self-awareness, intrinsic motivation, and kinship with the numinous. To start on that journey yourself, click here.
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