Grounding Glimmers

Plus, a Big Belated Birthday Sale on paid subscriptions!

I could eat this birthday cake every day for the rest of my life. Hot milk sponge cake with fresh coconut cream and strawberries (and gluten and dairy free to boot!). Recipe from this lovely literary inspired cookbook.

In the spirit of my recent 41st birthday celebrations, I am discounting monthly and annual subscriptions to my Substack newsletter by 41% through the end of July! The discount gets you a paid subscription for $2.95 a month, with the option to cancel at any time, or $29.50 for the whole year. In addition to the once a month public posts, paid subscribers get three additional paid posts every month, including exclusive to Substack poems, behind the scenes peeks at the creative process, and a variety of other creations I craft specifically for this space. I am so grateful for each one of you who visit this space every week!

I have been grounding myself with writing and reading more than I have in a while, and like a garden, it feels so steadying to put down roots where and when I can so that when the winds of change blow through, I am strong enough to withstand them. For the first time in a long, long while, I can’t fully imagine what life will look like in five years: heck, even a year or two out gets a little fuzzy around the edges.

I am unsettled, yes, and so genuinely intrigued by the twists and turns my days might take, and grateful for the air in my lungs so that I can keep being breathed through all the beautiful, brutal, wondrous moments I get to be here for.