Life has some possibility left

Because joy is not made to be a crumb

• 🥤 Tinto de verano. The New York Times have dubbed Tinto de verano the ‘drink of the summer’ (unlocked article link), and while it’ll be hard for anything to steal that title from the Aperol or Hugo spritz for me, I can’t deny enjoying a nice jug of cold boozy goodness. After getting together for some errands and ice creams yesterday, friends and I made up a jug full with a bottle of Tempranillo from Good Pair Days and some 7-Up, and it was exactly what I needed. (Good Pair Days is a wine subscription box service I use and which I’ve been super impressed with - this referral link will get you a free cooler with your first box)

• 📚 The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb. Detective thriller set in the classical music world, following a Black classical violin virtuoso who faces a million challenges to overcome and hurdles to jump, before his instrument suddenly disappears months before the competition of a lifetime. I guzzled this book down, and I hope you will too. (Amazon - affiliate link) 

• 🎧 As The Season Turns podcast by Ffern. Ffern, an independent, artisan, seasonal fragrance brand, work with nature writer Lia Leendertz to produce this gorgeous podcast which comes out on the first of every month. I could listen to Lia read the phone book - so it’s even nicer to hear from her about seasonal folklore from all the corners of these islands, seasonal plants, and something special happening in nature. Living in the middle of a city, it can be easy to let the passing of the seasons take me by surprise, so listening to this podcast on the first of every month is a way to remember that time is fleeting and life is precious.  

Life is precious. 

Life is precious. 

A lot of us seem to be getting reminders recently about just how fleeting time can be and how precious life is. The final line of Mary Oliver’s 1990-published poem, The Summer Day, often gets quoted to exhort people to go after their dreams: Tell me, what is it you plan to do/ with your one wild and precious life?