Did I vow to write a blog post every week? Yes, but time moves slower (faster?) when you never leave the house.

Inspired by a conversation with a friend.

What do I miss most about New York City?
I miss the way that sunlight hit St. John the Divine as I walked home from the library.
I miss the strangers who would ask me for directions or money on the sidewalk.
I miss staying up too late talking about nothing and everything and life beyond and life now and life past.
I miss bumping into people on campus and wondering whether I should wave or stop or smile.
I miss the walks home at 2am in the dark
When I didn’t feel unsafe
Because I wasn’t the only one awake.

What am I grateful for about home?
I am grateful for dinners cooked by my mother.
I am grateful for my little brother who wakes me up for my 7am zoom class even when I decide to skip it.
I am grateful for flip flop weather and fresh mangoes and endless banana bread.
I am grateful for a room of my own and a bed that is occupied for more hours out of the day than not.
I am grateful for sleep.
Have I ever slept so long? So often? So deeply?

From Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman: “There are days when I feel so lightly connected to the earth that the threads that tether me to the planet are gossamer thin, spun sugar. A strong gust of wind could dislodge me completely, and I’d lift off and blow away, like one of those seeds in a dandelion clock.” 

I’ve been listening to tiny desk concert after tiny desk concert and also the entire soundtrack of Les Miserables, which will be my favorite musical until the end of time. I think I’ll make new playlists this week but this is the one I’ve been listening to most these days. The spotify embed is pretty fancy.

Dear m-trainers and readers, what have you been listening to these days?

Juliet