Rest and Rituals
Lore, quotes and long-form interviews
My lovies, good morning—
As on most days, I’m trying to make and pluck beauty out of pure grief—whether in the form of humor, books, HBO shows, or nostalgic memes.
May these crumbs of meaning sustain you for the time of their consumption. May your weekend be filled with long walks and the songs of birds.
Sending love, always.
a. xx
These quotes from the Selected Letters of Martha Gellhorn and her long journalistic career of over sixty years as a war correspondents > always being referred as “Hemmingway’s ex-wife.”
“I wait every year for summer, and it is usually good. But it is never as good as that summer I am always waiting for.”
“But I must be alone a bit; I’m all shredded inside.”
“And take care of yourself, and be happy, but don’t forget how big the world is.”
“There never was enough time and there never was enough summer.”
“My dear, forgive me, I wasn’t meant for every day consumption.”
“Since. Was living in perfect comfort and eating good food I began to fret… for I wasn’t all that enamored of peace; I was enamored of surprises and excitement and jokes and risks and odd people.”
“Finally I woke up and said to myself: Fuck it. This is madness. And reminded myself that if you’re a survivor, the thing to do is survive.”
From the UCR Center for Ideas and Society. Interview with H. L. T. Quan - Become Ungovernable: An Abolition Feminist Ethic for Democratic Living
This interview with journalist Chris Hedges is over a month old—might as well say a year in the current state of the world—and still brought so much clarity and context on what is currently happening in the US.