Dear Fellow Sloth Lovers, My sloth print was just selected for the @society6 shop & there’s a special sale for cozy things like Throw Blankets, Pillows, Duvets, Mugs, Hoodies, Long Sleeves and Leggings. So now’s a good time to check it out: https://society6.com/slothflorist Sloth hugs, all. <3
Inspired by other amazing artists whose work I’ve admired on tumblr, like @katblaque and @kendyllhillegas, I am now sharing my work online. I’ve opened a @society6 shop! Please check it out: https://society6.com/slothflorist
Excited to be the first H.I.P. Pick at the Hideaway Salon on Friday, May 20 at 9PM! Come hear me read with awesome writers Maria Dahvana Headley, Alice Sola Kim, & Pearl Gabel. Event curated by the fantastic Nancy Hightower.
Okay, I was going to keep this a secret but I will officially share it:
This is the Sleep Sloth. He helps you go to sleep.
I noticed, with myself, that I’d be staying awake online waiting for something to happen. I needed to find or hear something before I was able to fall asleep. And relying on the internet to tell you something isn’t always the smartest route.
One night, I realized there was a part of me that knew what I needed to hear. And I could give myself that message I was hoping for. But sometimes that seemed lonely.
So I made the Sleep Sloth. He talks you through the process of how to go to sleep, and he makes sure you hear the thing you need to hear.
Try him out. Share this post or the link to sleepsloth.com with friends. Or with #sleepsloth.
He’s been a good friend to me. And I hope he can be a good friend to you.
One of the most frustrating things about writing a novel is how long it takes. So while I'm still working, I decided to try some things NOT related to writing:
1. Drawing
I challenged myself to draw a realistic flower. Walking around the Brooklyn Gardens I found the perfect peony, photographed it, traced the outline, and then labored for many hours and days with Prismacolor pencils until I didn't want to work on it anymore.
Exhibit A: This flower was my birthday present to myself.
2. Sloth Pictures
I documented Sloth Bader Ginsburg's year better than my own. Aside from the pictures I took for book reviews, I snapped nearly 300 photos of Sloth Bader Ginsburg at weddings, holidays, and in the bathtub. Most of these photos were a personal project for a friend, but I'm happy to share one of them here.
Exhibit B: The Honorable Sloth Bader Ginsburg, contemplating the New Year.
3. Cooking
I cooked when I could stop myself from ordering in. The foods I made were mostly vegetarian like chana masala, roasted vegetables, and vegetable soups. But my food photography skills are uneven and unappetizing, so I'm going to cheat and show you something I made right before last New Year’s.
Exhibit C: My mother's rock cornish hen recipe, which was the closest I’ve come to finding a time machine.
Not sure what I’ll try this year, but it will probably start with more food.
Be kind to yourself in the year ahead.
Remember to forgive yourself, and to forgive others. It’s too easy to be outraged these days, so much harder to change things, to reach out, to understand.
Try to make your time matter: minutes and hours and days and weeks can blow away like dead leaves, with nothing to show but time you spent not quite ever doing things, or time you spent waiting to begin.
Meet new people and talk to them. Make new things and show them to people who might enjoy them.
Hug too much. Smile too much. And, when you can, love.
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