Now · the small daily things
What I'm quietly busy with this season.
updated when something changes. not weekly.
↑ this corner. most of the season.
Reading
- Mary OliverDevotions, slow mornings
- Ocean VuongTime Is a Mother, re-read
- Wisława SzymborskaMap, for the Polish lessons
- Hayao MiyazakiStarting Point, for the drawing days
Writing
- , A long poem about my twin sister.
- , An essay called 'why people whisper to me'.
- , Three short pieces in Polish I haven't translated yet.
Practising
The slow stuff.
none of it ready yet.
- Violin
- Bach Partita No. 2, slowly. very slowly.
- Polish
- trying to read Szymborska without the dictionary
- Drawing
- moths. always moths.
- French
- duolingo streak: 47 days
Mood, this month
Mostly quiet and ok.
Some days are flat. Some days I write three poems and a list. The violin makes more sense than it did in March. School is still loud but I have headphones now.
Read what came out of it →Travel · this season
Szczecin → Berlin → Warsaw, then home.
Two small editorial days in Berlin in June. Family week in Warsaw after that. No long-haul travel planned this year.
