Fog
Romance, Caro, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, and Chen Huimin
something I have been thinking about
The most absurd thing about my illness is how fatigued I get, especially when it comes to cognition. Over the weekend I had four different social events – mostly just one on one conversations. Last Friday I dropped off and picked up Dodi (my dog) from the groomers, which is about 30 minutes away. I could feel it happening by Sunday afternoon- my brain felt like it was about to start leaking out of my ears. My brain just hit a wall and I am just now, on Tuesday night semi recovered and able to kind of string written sentences together. Every action feels like a great feat – both physically and mentally. I have been working on this edition of the newsletter over a few weeks – so it is ready to send out. Enjoy this issue.
Reading updated- I am still reading The Fraud, which is genius. I am also reading Deirdre Madden’s Molly Fox’s Birthday.
something short to read/listen to
I really enjoyed “How Romance made me a better Literary Fiction Reader,” a guest post in Fiction Matters.
For those of you who are equally as obsessed with Robert Caro as I am, 99% Invisible is doing a 2024 read-a-long of The Powerbroker. If you are unfamiliar with Robert Caro, you should read this 2016 interview with the Paris Review. I have to admin that I find him challenging to read because every time I start reading I get so gleefully excited I have to put the book down and share it with someone. Since we are on the subject of Caro - I highly recommend the documentary, “Turn Every Page,” about him and his editor, Robert Gottlieb (another rock star) directed by Gottlieb’s daughter. I might write a newsletter about Caro - I think about it a lot - I already have a title in mind.
My brilliant friend Hope just published a new piece that is both extremely vulnerable and gorgeously written - it is called Jealousies .
from an archive
I dove into the online collection from Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and found some delightful objects.
If you want more of my favorite, you can checkout my Pinterest board.
visual enrichment
