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it came out in 2020 and meant a lot to me then, but even since i've revisited it several times. i lost my dad quickly and unexpectedly a few years later, and bits and pieces of that interview have helped me process and grieve. been battling a bit of a dark fog lately and read it again this morning and feel a little more grounded. just reminders of life and meaning.
Mar 22, 2024
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6 years to today, my dad passed away. Tim Linghaus’ album Memory Sketches helped me process my grief. Sharing this here for everyone else to discover.
Jan 24, 2025
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I watched my brother die of cancer at 22 when I was twelve, as well as my uncle of brain cancer and a few other members of my family. I then had a similar type of rare sarcoma cancer that my brother did when i was 20, and I was just talking to friends about this last night!
I think the most powerful thing we can do as humans is understand our mortality. Once we understand that we're just meat sacks with no universal truth beside death, we can exist in a manner that aligns with meaningful connection.
I advise you tell people things you need to tell them, whether you love them or you think something they're doing is not serving them.
Be justified and trusting in all your decisions for yourself because you have to now.
I'm so sorry this is coming as a shock to you so suddenly. this is hard shit to reckon with at first. But just like my brother said while being interviewed on CNN during our MLB ballpark tour raising awareness in '06:
"I live every day like I'm dying"
Jul 25, 2024
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I don’t mean this in a dark or morbid way – it’s just truly a great reality check. Time is precious. (And if you’re dealing with death or loss, I like to recommend The Dark Interval: Letters on Loss, Grief, and Transformation by Rainer Maria Rilke – a lovely collection of Rilke’s correspondences with bereaved friends and acquaintances during times of mourning).
Mar 23, 2023
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makes my kid happy to get free books so i wanna make other people’s kids happy too.
Jan 29, 2024
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especially when there are so many better fits out there. dump him, babe.
Feb 29, 2024
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she's one of my tops too, so i'm just gonna rec some of my fave reads of the past few years:
august blue by deborah levy
the guest by emma cline
tides by sara freeman
pretend i'm dead / vacuuming in the dark / big swiss by jen beagin
hurricane girl by marcy demansky
we do what we do in the dark by michelle hart
noone is talking about this by patricia lockwood
want by lynn steger strong
luster by raven leilani
temporary by hilary leichter
pizza girl by jean kyoung frazier
goodbye vitamin by rachel khong
tampa by alissa nutting
hot milk by deborah levy
13 ways of looking at a fat girl by mona awad
barbara the slut and other people by lauren holmes
cat brushing by jane campbell
Jan 31, 2024