I love the idea of shorter, more conversational daily missives! I admire your work SO MUCH and I look forward to your newsletter every week! But so often your really brilliant writing sits unread for days, even weeks, in my inbox bc I don't have the spoons to devote to reading it as deeply as I want. I'm excited to engage more frequently with your thinking and context-building in a way that feels lower stakes for me as a reader, too. (Also...when *will* you be compiling some of these pieces into a book, anyway?! ;-) )
Spring Cleaning sounds nice for a playlist ... or something about April showers, metaphorically connecting that to our collective tears of overwhelm and "letting the rain fall?"
I don’t have a suggestion for the playlist, but I walk my dog(s) every day and a few years ago noticed all the letter carriers have earbuds, listening to ... I don’t know. So I started to ask them when I happened upon them. My own letter carrier, Namen, uses earbuds and I once asked him what the soundtrack to his life is... and he’s still thinking about it and we talk about this question every few weeks. For a period of time, he was obsessed with the band, “The Dead South” and earlier this year he was playing the male lead, Daniel in “Once on this island” at the Dayton Playhouse so the soundtrack of his life was the soundtrack of the musical... anyway, I’ve veered off course again...😁
Hi! Excited about a daily iteration. I write a daily newsletter and recently took three days off for a long weekend. I didn’t realize how necessary the newsletter had become to my happiness! Until it wasn’t there every day. Hoping your daily plunge is full of light and insight and serves your mind well 💡
I might be feeling a certain way after watching the acceptance speeches of the Everything Everywhere All at Once cast, but it feels like an appropriate space for this collective to feel our feelings and be reminded of what happens when we look out for each other. Carving out the space for us even when the world doesn’t support us. There’s something extra delightful about that kind of stubborn affirmation.
LOVE this!!! I spent all day going through my closets and dresser, purging shit I don't wear/don't want anymore (is that Spring cleaning or decluttering?), so a great playlist for me would have to have some sort of Removal theme to it.
Excited for this new format! Isabella Rossellini is not worrying about her neck because she is busy with her sheep farm - have you found the great joy that is her instagram missives from Mama Farm?! https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck9Ls4zurvd/
Ok, I came here to suggest "he is risen; she is hiding eggs before the kids wake up" but now that I've read the comments, yeah, it should be "April is the cruelest month."
I don’t know if this will come across well in writing but, here goes: you don’t have to worry so much about doing things or buying special perks for subscribers. I subscribe to read your writing. I don’t need a playlist or art work raffles or tchokes or anything else. I also don’t think anyone pays half as much attention to your posting schedule as you think. Work on the pieces, post when they are ready, we’re here to read them. If you need a daily deadline, that’s fine, but I’m a bit skeptical, knowing what you’ve told us about how your writing happens, that these daily newsletters will help you with longer form projects. Just my two cents
Love the daily idea! As for the playlist I do love Spring Cleaning but also maybe Preparing for Planting or Mud Season? Or perhaps just Emerging (from the stupor, hibernation, etc)
I’m here for the long, deeply researched and slowly simmered essays that I would never have the time or patience to work through on my own. Love the idea of a window into your interrogation of your own thoughts, but please don’t underestimate the value you send into the world by sitting with your work until you feel it is complete.
Always up for experiments in writing...looking forward to this new iteration of homeculture.
Yessss. A monthly Home Culture Andi playlist!🤗🤗🤗I feel very good about this.
I love the idea of shorter, more conversational daily missives! I admire your work SO MUCH and I look forward to your newsletter every week! But so often your really brilliant writing sits unread for days, even weeks, in my inbox bc I don't have the spoons to devote to reading it as deeply as I want. I'm excited to engage more frequently with your thinking and context-building in a way that feels lower stakes for me as a reader, too. (Also...when *will* you be compiling some of these pieces into a book, anyway?! ;-) )
Spring Cleaning sounds nice for a playlist ... or something about April showers, metaphorically connecting that to our collective tears of overwhelm and "letting the rain fall?"
I don’t have a suggestion for the playlist, but I walk my dog(s) every day and a few years ago noticed all the letter carriers have earbuds, listening to ... I don’t know. So I started to ask them when I happened upon them. My own letter carrier, Namen, uses earbuds and I once asked him what the soundtrack to his life is... and he’s still thinking about it and we talk about this question every few weeks. For a period of time, he was obsessed with the band, “The Dead South” and earlier this year he was playing the male lead, Daniel in “Once on this island” at the Dayton Playhouse so the soundtrack of his life was the soundtrack of the musical... anyway, I’ve veered off course again...😁
Hi! Excited about a daily iteration. I write a daily newsletter and recently took three days off for a long weekend. I didn’t realize how necessary the newsletter had become to my happiness! Until it wasn’t there every day. Hoping your daily plunge is full of light and insight and serves your mind well 💡
I might be feeling a certain way after watching the acceptance speeches of the Everything Everywhere All at Once cast, but it feels like an appropriate space for this collective to feel our feelings and be reminded of what happens when we look out for each other. Carving out the space for us even when the world doesn’t support us. There’s something extra delightful about that kind of stubborn affirmation.
I also love the idea of daily missives that have permission to be unpolished. That almost makes me want to do it!
Oh, and the playlist has to be called “April is the cruelest month.”
LOVE this!!! I spent all day going through my closets and dresser, purging shit I don't wear/don't want anymore (is that Spring cleaning or decluttering?), so a great playlist for me would have to have some sort of Removal theme to it.
Excited for this new format! Isabella Rossellini is not worrying about her neck because she is busy with her sheep farm - have you found the great joy that is her instagram missives from Mama Farm?! https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck9Ls4zurvd/
Hello from Australia :) (it’s such a cheesy greeting but I want you to know you have supporters all over the world Megi!)
I would love a playlist that is titled these two absolute gems you wrote, allow me to quote yourself back to you:
I know that fairy tales exist to explain the darkness, not eradicate it.
Being a walking memento mori isn’t fun.
Ok, I came here to suggest "he is risen; she is hiding eggs before the kids wake up" but now that I've read the comments, yeah, it should be "April is the cruelest month."
I don’t know if this will come across well in writing but, here goes: you don’t have to worry so much about doing things or buying special perks for subscribers. I subscribe to read your writing. I don’t need a playlist or art work raffles or tchokes or anything else. I also don’t think anyone pays half as much attention to your posting schedule as you think. Work on the pieces, post when they are ready, we’re here to read them. If you need a daily deadline, that’s fine, but I’m a bit skeptical, knowing what you’ve told us about how your writing happens, that these daily newsletters will help you with longer form projects. Just my two cents
Love the daily idea! As for the playlist I do love Spring Cleaning but also maybe Preparing for Planting or Mud Season? Or perhaps just Emerging (from the stupor, hibernation, etc)
I’m here for the long, deeply researched and slowly simmered essays that I would never have the time or patience to work through on my own. Love the idea of a window into your interrogation of your own thoughts, but please don’t underestimate the value you send into the world by sitting with your work until you feel it is complete.
Love this. Would love an April Playlist with the contrast of "earth is quaking, yet dawn is breaking"