Hi friends, It feels like it’s been a long time! I didn’t send out an email in August because we were so busy getting settled in here in Austin, but we’re mostly settled now. I keep telling people that it feels so good to be back, but really it feels more than good. There’s a quote in Brideshead Revisited about New York: “. . .for in that city there is a neurosis in the air which the inhabitants mistake for energy.” I don’t think everyone feels that way about New York--I think it is energizing for some people, and it was for me too for a while. But it wasn’t until I left that I realized how much the energy had started to feel like anxiety for me. It’s been lovely to be back in Austin, where things move more slowly. I can feel myself unwinding and I like it. September is going to be for taking deep breaths and praying that my kids stay covid-free at school (I wouldn’t say no to your prayers either!) and putting the finishing touches on the book that’ll be going to my editor soon. It’s due on All Saint’s Day, which feels fitting.
Our Lady of Sorrows and Religious Strangeness
Our Lady of Sorrows and Religious Strangeness
Our Lady of Sorrows and Religious Strangeness
Hi friends, It feels like it’s been a long time! I didn’t send out an email in August because we were so busy getting settled in here in Austin, but we’re mostly settled now. I keep telling people that it feels so good to be back, but really it feels more than good. There’s a quote in Brideshead Revisited about New York: “. . .for in that city there is a neurosis in the air which the inhabitants mistake for energy.” I don’t think everyone feels that way about New York--I think it is energizing for some people, and it was for me too for a while. But it wasn’t until I left that I realized how much the energy had started to feel like anxiety for me. It’s been lovely to be back in Austin, where things move more slowly. I can feel myself unwinding and I like it. September is going to be for taking deep breaths and praying that my kids stay covid-free at school (I wouldn’t say no to your prayers either!) and putting the finishing touches on the book that’ll be going to my editor soon. It’s due on All Saint’s Day, which feels fitting.