June Members Video #2: The agony of writing your second book, and the joy of paper notebooks
Added 2025-07-04 19:09:21 +0000 UTCHello friends!
I apologize for the delay in the June member video, but it’s here now and I will have two more for July.
I hope you’re having a good weekend. Sure, I’m worried about the future of the country, and indeed the world since the environmentalist in me hasn’t felt great about much of anything in a long time. It’s Independence Day here in the US and I’m feeling very nostalgic for my childhood where we used to really celebrate the heck out of it with my mom hanging up flags and Andrew Copland on the radio and the whole family would get together for grilled food and a rousing Bingo tournament. My aunt Julie who recently passed away was the most hilarious of all Bingo callers.
But as I’ve said before, feeling sad and nihilistic isn’t good for anything or anyone. When I feel empathy for other people and I can’t do much to help, I think making myself feel bad can be a natural response, but way more would be accomplished if we were aflame with hope.
We’re hoping to head over to my parents house for some grillin’. (It is somehow, a summer requirement that a gathering with food on the grill isn’t grilling, but…grillin’.) Unfortunately, my arthritic little Betsy-cat hurt herself last night trying to make a jump and is now limping very badly. Luckily she doesn’t seem to really be in actual pain, more like she just can’t use her leg well, but is totally content once she’s sleeping. But…this sort of thing ALWAYS happens at the very beginning of a long weekend when you can’t make a vet appointment!
Anyway, send some healing thoughts to my sweet Betsy if you have any to spare and enjoy the video!
--Lidiya
