#anticipation

[feral-ballad]

Sandra Cisneros, from Loose Woman: Poems; "Waiting for a Lover"

[longreads]

Friction: A Reading List on Why Inconvenience Can Be Meaningful

We prize convenience and efficiency, almost to a fault. Sometimes, though, we're missing out on surprise, serendipity, and anticipation when we avoid friction. Courtney E. Martin brings us five reads that examine the pros and cons of life's little hurdles.

Without getting too nostalgic about it, these readings will make you revisit the forgotten, sometimes wonderful feelings that go with friction. We don’t have to throw away our cell phones to bring spontaneity back into our lives. We can be intentional and collective. In fact, we must be intentional and collective; it’s the only way to live expansive lives connected by slow and messy delight. And that is an aim far more worthy of our finite time than productivity, no matter what the false gods of Silicon Valley and late-stage capitalism say.

[newblvotg]

[my-little-black-heart]

[eleganceofhersoul]

[sluggoonthestreet]

Seldom-used proverb #23: to a hedgehog with a net, everything looks like a butterfly.

[grickle14]

Excited for the future. Buy my new book at gricklemart.com

Third Twisted Graham Annable Doodle Collection

The third book of meticulously selected cartoons by Graham Annable now exists in physical form! It's jammed full of all the weird and whimsi