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bedside table book
Maybe you have one of these books. Either an old favourite, or something easy-to-read on your nightstand to help you relax before bed. It’s the former for me: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Since placing it there a couple of months ago, I hadn’t needed it – years ago, I perfected the art of…
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library woes
Since I have a couple weeks off of work, I made a list of things I’d like to do. Top of the list: go to the library. It’s hard to believe that the last time I went to the public library was over a year ago, and coincided with a Hardcover episode on the subject.…
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coffee exchange
H. is in town for the holidays, so we met up for coffee, like we usually do. We talked about writing, like we usually do. We have much in common: from the similar way we wrapped our gifts for each other, to the number of rejection emails we’ve received recently, to our marriages still feeling…