This Week’s Favorites 09.25.26

By: Gabriela Yareliz How is this the last favorites for September 2026? Facts. This week was busy. Left me feeling like Punch in this pic: My wish came true, and it’s SWEATER WEATHER. The wind has it feeling 9F cooler than it is. A dream. I wore fleece, sweaters and a set of light jacketsContinue reading “This Week’s Favorites 09.25.26”

The Selling Machine

“Every time I opened my inbox eighty little clingy hands were reaching for me. Look at this. Think about that. Remember! Buy now! Read me PLEASE. Don’t you dare forget about us!” Rainier Wylde Shall we go analog for autumn? By: Gabriela Yareliz The autumnal temps continue. The sky stays overcast and stormy, despite noContinue reading “The Selling Machine”

Be Good to Yourself

By: Gabriela Yareliz [It’s a double post day due to WordPress and train signal sabotage I was unaware of yesterday.] I started the day pressed up again half of NYC in train delays. The air is crisp— and we are thriving despite the multiple avenues of sabotage, which we are reframing as changing the pace.Continue reading “Be Good to Yourself”

The Writing Life

“One of the things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now. The impulse to save something goodContinue reading “The Writing Life”

This Week’s Favorites 09.18.26

A happy Friday morning to you! We are allegedly in for rain and cooler temps, after today. We’ll take it. So done with summer. A closet sweep still awaits me. The week has felt eternal (last week blurred into this week), the weather fluctuated wildly, and we have finally reached the culmination of it. FloridaContinue reading “This Week’s Favorites 09.18.26”

Broadax

By: Gabriela Yareliz I was reading the piece on Annie Dillard’s life and recent death. It made me think a lot about writing. About life. How many hours does any of us have left? We spend so much time in unconscious living; engaging in habits and actions we do on autopilot. How much conscious lifeContinue reading “Broadax”

Last Week’s Favorites 09.13.26

Hello my fellow journey(wo)men, It’s a rainy morning here in NYC after some hot temperatures this week. The sun was roasting. The rest of us were yearning for fall. I am still wrapping up Nantucket Second Chances; you would have thought that with all of the brutal train delays this week I would have finishedContinue reading “Last Week’s Favorites 09.13.26”