By: Gabriela Yareliz It’s almost time to let go of the year. Before we do, I wanted to say ‘thank you’ to all of you for reading, the comments, and engagement this past year. Whether you are new this year to the site or you have been with me for the 16 (yes, crazy, 16)Continue reading “My 2025 Library”
Category Archives: literature
Detector
“The world is full of people with agendas, trying to persuade us to act on their behalf (spend on their behalf, fight and die on their behalf, oppress others on their behalf). But inside us is what Hemingway called a ‘built-in, shock-proof, shit detector.’ How do we know something is shit? We watch the wayContinue reading “Detector”
Maximum Tilt
By: Gabriela Yareliz We have reached our “maximum tilt away from the sun,” my almanac tells me for the month of December. I tuck the ribbon bookmark into our last month. There is a soft tap-tap on the window of rain mixed with some sort of sleet because it sounds harder than just rain. It’sContinue reading “Maximum Tilt”
A Boat Appeared
“There’s something very deep here. How do we endure pain? How do we transcend it? We turn it into art.” Steven Pressfield, Govt Cheese By: Gabriela Yareliz There is a book I have been thinking about since February 2023. I bought it, and it is filled with short standalone chapters that sort of build onContinue reading “A Boat Appeared”
The Reader
“She likes to read, she reads all the time, and she prefers to be reading several things at once, she says it gives endless perspective and dimension.” Ali Smith, Autumn
Free Speech Tested
“Free speech is not tested when you allow people who agree with you to speak. Free speech is tested when you don’t allow people who disagree with you to speak.” Erwin McManus
Martha
Joan Didion said Martha Stewart was “the woman who sits down at the table with the men and, still in her apron, walks away with the chips.” May we all be Martha Stewart women.
Character as Fate
“Character is destiny.” Heraclitus By: Gabriela Yareliz “You know it’s fate we are on this train together?” Some unhinged guy said to me. I gave him a look that had him saying I was “aggressive” later on. It spiraled into something ridiculous until I was able to send him on his way— but it remindedContinue reading “Character as Fate”
Never Squander
“I pray just as fervently that we never squander or surrender another precious day for whatever reason, and that we never wait until something dire occurs to feel justified in setting boundaries.” Sarah Ban Breathnach
Autumn Quotes
Some autumn quotes that caught my eye this week: “Beguile us in the way you know; Release one leaf at the break of day.” Robert Frost “If autumn is a season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, then October is a month of velvet and champagne and smoke curling into cold air like hope.” Hannah Connolly
GABRIELA YARELIZ 