august is almost over, which means i’m insufferable: maudlin and nostalgic, mournful, sentimental, tearful, wistful. the whole month is one long sunday afternoon. it’s the month i decide i should read more poetry. it’s the month i cut my children’s outgrown clothes into neat squares, for a quilt i’ll never have time to sew. it’s the month the cicadas are still loud and the leaves are still green, but the tulip poplars are beginning to dream, seditiously, of yellow.
A friend passed your ‘newsletter’/magical musings to me because she thought I’d appreciate it sand god did I. Thank you for committing this to circulation. It spoke to my heart. I share your sentiments about nostalgia and worry and the rest. It feels better when it’s shared and understood by others. X
Thank you for articulating so poignantly what many of us are observing, thinking and feeling. Why do the loudest voices get heard, the strident ones? Why do bullies end up silencing the sensitive deep hearts? Please keep writing, please keep being the beautiful voice for so many of us. 💫
Why is this one of the most gorgeous things I’ve read all month? Alix, You’re a treasure.
A friend passed your ‘newsletter’/magical musings to me because she thought I’d appreciate it sand god did I. Thank you for committing this to circulation. It spoke to my heart. I share your sentiments about nostalgia and worry and the rest. It feels better when it’s shared and understood by others. X
Needed this today
Thank you for articulating so poignantly what many of us are observing, thinking and feeling. Why do the loudest voices get heard, the strident ones? Why do bullies end up silencing the sensitive deep hearts? Please keep writing, please keep being the beautiful voice for so many of us. 💫
I’m at work! Stop making me feel things! I’m not crying, you’re crying!
You’ve put the feeling of August into words. Such beautifully written words. ❤️
I love this so much, Alix.
I'm always interested in why an author writes. In my opinion the best books are written because of a deeper meaning.
Beautiful, poignant, feeling this in my bones. Thank you