cried over the wooden spoon we had to throw away because it started to smell like wet dog
Not only do I feel an intense connection with my earlier, often more vulnerable and intensely curious self, I also feel that I’ve been given access to a pure form of the complications involved with being young, now filtered through the compassion, perceptions (and barnacles) of my older self.
Look Homeward, Reader – Meg Wolitzer
a very good summary of why I still love YA books. they connect me to a time when I didn’t understand but wanted to, and I understand better now, so there’s a significant emotional connection to a simpler time.
Irish songs are always what I needed to hear. for some reason.
typesetjez I’d TOTALLY forgotten about squishes. that needs to exist in my vocabulary.