Right now, I’m reading and rereading Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail, which is a comfort read for me—a sapphic romance novel. It’s interesting to go outside of my usual genres; I never read romance novels until very recently. At the same time, I’m reading a forthcoming memoir by Morgan Parker. What are you reading, and how are you feeling/thinking about it?

How we meet and Why it Matters. I bought this book years ago, new, on a hunch, which is really unusual for me. Last week someone suggested I watch 'Join or Die' on Netflix (i rarely watch anything on the tellyvision thing). Priya is in this doc and so I went back to the book and it's amazing, I'm 2 chapters in so I'll come back and expand when done. So far, it's everything I want to work for: Communities. People. Communication. Connection... The doc is facts about the decline of American health due to decline of people joining clubs and groups, and it too is based on 'Bowling Alone' a book by the inimitable Bob Putnam.