I do this meme from time to time and I thought it might be fun to revisit it again. This is what is happening in my world, right now:
What I Am Listening To: I am listening to piano solos on Pandora. There is a comfort in listening to music without words and occasionally I enjoy writing with classical musical in the background. I’ve gravitated toward pop songs lately and here are two of my favorites – Issues by Julia Michaels and Halsey’s Now or Never. I am still listening to podcasts and books on Audible. Yesterday I downloaded Theft by Finding by David Sedaris.
What I Am Watching: We are watching House of Cards. I am ambivalent about this season. My least favorite character on the show is Tom Yates and every scene seems to feature him in some capacity. It is a fun time for sports. We follow coverage of The French Open and the NBA Finals. This week we plan to catch a showing of Wonder Woman.
What I Am Reading: I am reading Nina Rigg’s The Bright Hour, Somerset Maugham’s A Razor’s Edge, and The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy. My reading also includes submissions to The Sunlight Press.
What I Am Capturing: I am still looking at the sky. It captivates and enchants. This week I captured the trees against the backdrop of the pink and purple sky. There is so much beauty in the world, if we choose to pay attention.
What I Am Loving: Watching my daughter play tennis. Cherry limeades from Sonic. Homemade desserts. Unscripted moments. Silence. Writing time.
What’s currently going on in your world?
Welcome! I am a lawyer turned freelance writer, essayist, and editor. On staff at Literary Mama and the co-founder and co-editor of the literary journal, The Sunlight Press, my essays and reported work have appeared in The Washington Post, The Lily, Saveur, Civil Eats, Brain, Child, ESPN and elsewhere. I am currently at work on a memoir on grief and culture and how it provides perspective on life’s ordinary graces. I invite you to appreciate the ordinary with me. I hope my daily practice of seeing the magic in the mundane helps you celebrate and find more of these moments in your life too.
Piano solos! What a gift. I’ll have to check that out.
Currently, I’m listening to and feeling spring breezes, which sound like and feel like fall breezes!
Oh, I will have to check out spring breezes. Sounds like it is soothing. Have a great weekend.
I am finished with part one of the audio of sedaris. It’s a bit slow at first, but I quickly grew to love it as much as his regular essays. It’s very cool to observe his voice forming over the years into what we regular readers know so well now.
Can’t wait to dive into Sedaris. I love his regular essays too.
I am also watching House of cards…..and I am always loving quiet moments of writing and reading….which are harder and harder to find. xo
Summertime isn’t always conducive to finding those quiet moments, but I try to wake early to spend at least an hour writing and reading.