Fires, chores, aloneness, and more

Seven thin(g/k)s I explored this week

Hello dear reader,

There were catastrophic fires in Los Angeles this month. I witnessed the physical loss and the mental whirlwind and the emotional overwhelm of a community in crisis. I also saw people trying to make bearable the unbearable. In moments of personal plight or communal calamity, books have a way of reviving us back to life, realigning a…