Encouragement Making Space for Rage and Empathy If you’d like to sit next to me, I’m here, in a small space where I can hold my rage and empathy together, and there’s room for everyone. Continue reading Lisa SwanderJuly 1, 2022July 1, 2022
Reading | Watching | Listening In Defense of the Lost Finale Since I last watched Lost, I’ve moved into what Richard Rohr calls the second half of life mentality, in which anyone claiming to have tidy spiritual answers to anything makes me very squinty. Very squinty indeed. That’s a good place to be for a Lost finale. Continue reading Lisa SwanderMay 13, 2022May 13, 2022
Reading | Watching | Listening 3 Nonfiction Books to Read This Spring In bookstores, I struggle not to construct a nest of stray receipts and discarded bookmarksContinue reading Lisa SwanderApril 29, 2022April 29, 2022
Reading | Watching | Listening 3 Fiction Books to Read This Spring Spring break just ended around here, which means I caught up on a little readingContinue reading Lisa SwanderApril 15, 2022April 15, 2022
Encouragement Why You Might Be Too Comfortable I’m a big fan of comfort. Take right now, for instance. I am sitting inContinue reading Lisa SwanderMarch 18, 2022March 18, 2022
Encouragement Being a Little Kinder Than is Necessary This week, I listened to a Hidden Brain episode about the Liking Gap, a well-researchedContinue reading Lisa SwanderMarch 4, 2022March 4, 2022
Encouragement Critical Hearts This week, I met with my editor and I played some Zelda. I don’t mindContinue reading Lisa SwanderFebruary 18, 2022February 18, 2022
Alleged Humor Notes on a Quarantine Like most people living in non-island nations, my children and I contracted COVID recently. ItContinue reading Lisa SwanderFebruary 4, 2022February 8, 2022
Encouragement Fashion Exhaustion We elderly millennials—the 35+ crowd—are having a moment in fashion. A bad moment. You knowContinue reading Lisa SwanderJanuary 21, 2022January 21, 2022
Reading | Watching | Listening I Used to Know Kung Fu Before we talk about The Matrix Resurrections, you should know that I make a life-changingContinue reading Lisa SwanderJanuary 7, 2022January 7, 2022
