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February 1, 2009

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to do list

  • give something simple.
  • read something wintry.
  • drink something warm.
  • be honest.
  • buy nothing.

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  • prep for an early labor: fill apartment with spray roses, get shot in the butt with steroids, send more money to @elizabethwarren, oversee the making of many tiny valentines, neglect just about everything else. // thanks so much for so many kind notes this week. very much looking forward to being on the other side of things with a brand-new sidekick to snooze with.
  • i’m pretty ornery about the use of the word surrender, especially as it relates to pregnant people. it can often feel scolding or patronizing. other times it just feels cloying. this past week has forced me to surrender in ways that haven’t been easy or comfortable and i don’t feel like i’ve reached any kind of spiritual enlightenment, i’ve just been cranky. but i have read some good books and i have eaten lots of chocolate, so i’ve got that going for me.
  • one rainy day at a time. one library book at a time. one tiny kick to the rib at a time. trying my best to settle into an old familiar pace.
  • had the most productive day i’ve had in weeks: took a three hour nap, missed deadlines, listened to the highwomen album on repeat.
  • gray day nesting rituals.
  • a basket for diapers, bodega tulips for cheer, dappled light to remember that spring always, always comes again.
  • rainbow watcher! ☁️☁️☁️🌤🌈
  • ✨giveaway closed and the winner has been contacted! thanks so much for entering! ✨ on my blog, a post about shifting my habits to make more room for just-because hobbies. right here, a 💫giveaway💫 with @rosepearlman for any would-be hobbyists looking to embrace a new skill that combines the purposeful and practical with a bit of magic. // we're giving away a copy of my book, SIMPLE MATTERS, a copy of rose's masterful new book MODERN RUG HOOKING, plus a beautiful rug hooking kit put together by rose herself. the kit includes a 9-inch reusable rug hooking hoop with pre-stretched monks cloth, a #10 regular oxford punch needle with box, stitch guide and instructional booklet, 6 ounces of hand-dyed seal harbor rug company yarn, and a cotton/ linen bag for storage. // to enter, leave a comment on this post about your favorite current (or future!) hobby and please be sure to follow both @rosepearlman and @readtealeaves. this giveaway is open only to entrants in the US. a winner will be drawn on friday, january 24, 2020 at 12pm EST. (giveaway not sponsored, endorsed, or administered by instagram.)
  • “I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom...is the white moderate, who is more devoted to ‘order’ than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: ‘I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action’; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a ‘more convenient season.’ Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.” - Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail // links to the full letter and four things we can do today to honor his legacy are on my blog.

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