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It is claimed that over 100 spiders per year will crawl into a person’s mouth while that person sleeps. The exception to this is my most civil house spider, Ian, who would never force himself on anyone.

Day 18 of Rose Advent

Today: here’s a smattering of Proust and a hint of Bloomsbury to set your Monday off in a literary fashion.

Vanessa Bell - a worthy name for a worthy rose; cool colours yet with an overall warmth coming through. For those who are still hovering on the ‘do I like yellow’ fence, perhaps Vanessa Bell is just the one t…

“Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself.”

― Franz Kafka

“I don’t know a single person of 70 or older who is not astonished that they, too, have grown old. At 78, I’m still absorbing this idea myself, and I announce my age a lot, in sheer disbelief. (I’ll confess it’s gratifying when people feign shock at the number.)” -

in .

The Weird Surprise of Growing Old

let me ramble about my favorite Parisian planner I won’t stop talking about…

The Gifts My Favorite Writers Want This Holiday Season

I enjoyed chatting with

. I wanted to go deeper into his recent post about the cult developing around fitness and nutrition.

We covered:

  • The benefits, realities, and limits of adopting healthy lifestyle changes.

  • How believing that all of health boils down to a better diet and exercise can lead patients to wrongly believe they are responsib…

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The Cult of the Healthy Lifestyle: A Conversation
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