a book of days

Nov
22
11 . 17

11 . 17

I finally bought plane tickets to go see my parents next month. This feels like a triumph as I have
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Nov
21
11 . 16

11 . 16

Sometimes I feel like it doesn’t matter how fast I move, I’m not going to be able to
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Nov
20
11 . 15

11 . 15

We wake early during the week, so a 6am start this morning feels like a sleep in. It’s still
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Nov
19
11 . 14

11 . 14

A rainy day in spring is suitable for reading; a rainy day in summer is suitable for playing chess, a
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Nov
18
11 . 13

11 . 13

Nic is away at a conference in Vegas from next Sunday until Tuesday the week after. Whilst he’s away,
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Nov
17
Fence posts covered in moss on a wire fence in rural New Zealand © Leonie Wise

11 . 12

I am not your investment. You cannot buy, or sell, me on the open market. Our island hideaway: tuis, kingfishers,
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Nov
16
11 . 11

11 . 11

Sonder n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated
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Nov
15
11 . 10

11 . 10

Meditations on gratitude: My body has aches and pains. But it still moves when I ask it to. A place
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Nov
14
11 . 9

11 . 9

NZ has a bookstore that is 110 years old this year. How did I not know this until today. Do
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Nov
13
11 . 8

11 . 8

When did we crank our hearts down to f/22, lest the light get in? And other thoughtful words from
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