This is a quick one. First, a couple notices for Bay Area / California people, which the rest of you can skip:
- Saturday, July 19 — Postrats in the Park is baaaack baby! Picnic + book swap at Dover Street Park in Oakland. Details and RSVP at the link. (Also, do you mind signal-boosting the announcement on X? Thanks!)
- Thursday, July 24th to Sunday, July 27th — Other Life NorCal retreat in Arnold, CA, 3-ish hours from the Bay Area. Theme: "Slow Work: Build Now to Peak Later." I'll be there with my husband and toddler 💗 Childcare is included. Only a couple slots left so [infomercial voice] act now! The venue looks wonderful:
(Other Life is one of Justin Murphy's projects, but this particular event is organized by Matthew Stanley.)
Second, look at this wonderful art that Polyducks created for me:
What can I say but 🥹😭🤗 I'm halfway through growing that littlest bunny, can't wait to meet him on the outside! (Pregnancy takes forever.)
If you're in need of an illustration or design commission, get in touch with Polyducks.
Links
I've got a handful to share:
- "Behaving as if you were trying to succeed" by David MacIver
- "My 500km Walk of Acceptance Alongside Visions of the Future" by Simon de la Rouviere
- "Endometriosis is an incredibly interesting disease" by Abhishaike Mahajan
- "The Cure" (hypothetical, for quadriplegia) by Cairo Smith
- "10 years of pomological watercolors" by Parker Higgins
- "letting go" by Ben Hsieh
- "Not too Tight, Not too Loose" by John
That's all! Like I said, short newsletter today.
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— Sonya
The header art is Summertime by Anna Weyant.
