@Barb Natividad as they do look similar to my boy. Love to see it. They are so cute. 😍

@Esme Wang 💜

Since having a bad run in with COVID (my first infection, and it took me OUT), I have been struggling for the past week and a half to get back into my writing routine. I am just so fatigued and still dealing with a lot of dizziness/brain fog/tinnitus. Does anyone have any suggestions for things that helped them return to daily writing after a brush against something derailing?

@Neva Talladen Thank you, Neva. I have been resting more and just listening to when my boday demands that I set down whatever I am carrying for the day. It has been challenging because I tend to hold myself to very high expectations and then respond with a lot of judgement toward myself when I fail to meet them. It is a good reminder that it is not a moral failing to rest. <3

@Yarrow Rubin These look so cool!

Yesterday, I spent most of the day walking along the riverbed where the water has receeded with my sister, niece, and friend. We were looking for pretty rocks (and I was on my neverending quest to find hag stones). This great blue heron flew right over my head before settling at the river's edge ahead, and I felt so lucky to live in such a beautiful place.

@Line Bech It is super fun! It was something that Neil Gaiman mentioned wishing would happen on his blog way back in the day, so he and all of us following along just decided to make it so!

I just finished reading Orwell's Roses by Rebecca Solnit and Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story by Leonie Swann. I enjoyed them both thoroughly, and they were very different reads! I am now looking for a very specific vibe, and I am hoping I can use tis space to request recommendations as well: I would like a Holiday centered ghost story that isn't one of the classics (A Christmas Carol, Turn of the Screw, etc.) and I would prefer that the story have more of a Shirley Jackson sort of vibe rather than a Dickensian one. I know this is extremely specific! Any help is appreciated.