I know you know
I did some other things today instead of this ......
I knew this newsletter wasn’t going to arrive in your inbox his morning and rather than rise early and pull it together at haste, I did not.
I slept in, made a coffee, cleaned out the boys TV room so they can watch the cricket and make new squalor, I then cleaned our other living room so it can be a tiny retreat if only for a few days, I folded the anthill of clean clothes and started to pack away the school uniform for the year (yay) then we finished decorating the tree and I criss-crossed fairy lights down our hallway - bringing to life the twinkle of Christmas magic I had been imagining for weeks. We did some baking in the kitchen and now I’m sitting down to write to you. Thanks for being patient today. I know you know.
Podcast playlist
Too busy to read? Here’s how to make it happen. Brilliant listen esp at this time of the year.
Ambition says yes, body says no: Mid from Mamamia
I didn’t really know any of the pods in the below list but it might help you discover some newbies for the break…
Lay your eyes on these Instagram accounts
@georgiadrawsahouse || @ottlinedevries || @h.e.l.e.n.m.a.r.i.e
This pile of things to read
I’m just going to leave this hear because this time of year can be uber hard sometimes - A shortcut for caring for others (and bring cared for yourself) by Helen Anne Petersen from 2022.
The decline of etiquette and the rise of boundaries.
Loving this round up of Good News by RM Williams Outback Mag on Instagram.
Holly Ringland’s The Sixteenth Brolga.
In the hangover from Miranda July’s saucyness there is this ‘The new new sex.’
I love writing this newsletter to you each week, thanks for giving me someone to gift it to! I’ll keep doing it over and over and over again (and on Wednesday’s too) even if I’m late sometimes. Thank you for knowing me well enough to let me do that. Sxxx
Sounds like a lovely day. Thank you for sharing it.