Finding myself jittery and on edge with tomorrow’s election day. So I find myself trying to put myself in the path of beauty and Chris LaTray’s recent photo essay for paid subscribers creates that space so, well, beautifully. His writing is something that I never want to miss each week. I have three gift subscriptions to his wonderful newsletter An Irritable Métis for readers—just send me an email and I’ll send it your way. His writing is always worth your time.
Meg Conley’s newsletter Home Culture is written with great research, humor, and fire—I love the throughlines she discovers and connects in her explorations of home and its interconnectedness with politics and well, life. I have three gift subscriptions for her newsletter for readers—send me an email and you can begin reading and supporting her great, vital work.
I also love to read Antonia Malchik’s newsletter On the Commons—her work engages with the meaning and legacies of private property, and what that really means in relation to our sense of belonging, generational histories of immigration and exile, and how we connect with the lands we live on. I have three gift subscriptions for her newsletter as well, so again, email me and I’ll connect you.
Wishing you all some calm before what feels like it could be a storm, without losing hope for something better.
This is merely ten percent of what the color actually was when I took this a week ago. At least late sunrises mean that even a non-morning person like me can be awake to see them.
Love all the writers you mentioned here Freya! Such a talented bunch really. The sunrise is surreal, thank you for sharing with us, this hard to capture magnificence of mother nature. I wish a safe and warm winter for you and yours.
This is so incredibly kind of you, Freya! And what a great idea for an action to move through when things are anxious. We can always share what we find good. In addition to Chris La Tray and Meg Conley, I really like Karen Davis's beautiful photos in Drops of Beauty: https://karendavis.substack.com
Love all the writers you mentioned here Freya! Such a talented bunch really. The sunrise is surreal, thank you for sharing with us, this hard to capture magnificence of mother nature. I wish a safe and warm winter for you and yours.
I know what you mean about the challenges of photographing such celestial magnificence ... but this photo is still stunning. I love it.
This is so incredibly kind of you, Freya! And what a great idea for an action to move through when things are anxious. We can always share what we find good. In addition to Chris La Tray and Meg Conley, I really like Karen Davis's beautiful photos in Drops of Beauty: https://karendavis.substack.com
that newsletter sounds beautiful, thanks for recommending!