From left to right: 1) The MFA is back open! 2) Dinner at Tres Gatos. 3) Forever book shopping. 4) The foliage is slowly coming to Boston. 5) Visiting a bronze studio in Woburn. 6) I’m always in the mood for empanadas.
Books
September Reading List
Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair Pablo Neruda I’ve been adding poetry back into my regular reading routine and where better to start than with Pablo Neruda, famed Chilean poet of love and revolution. This is actually one of his more scandalous collections. It’s a beautiful read and this version had both the…Read More
Sunday Snapshots
From left to right: 1) The first meeting of a Latinx play discussion club! 2) Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with some of my favorite authors. 3) Our book club book this month. 4) Art in Chinatown. 5) Reporting in Jamaica Plain. 6) A mate and pastelitos break.
Sunday Snapshots
From left to right: 1) Currently reading. 2) Writing letters to my elderly friends. 3) Back on the oyster train. 4) Visiting one of my favorite murals in Lynn. 5) Watching a live theater production on Zoom. 6) Enameled vintage spoons by Digs Enamel.
All She Wrote Books
Amazing news! All She Wrote Books, one of my favorite booksellers in Boston, has opened up a brick-and-mortar store in Assembly Row in Somerville. Christina who runs the shop actually managed to open during the pandemic. She’s amazing. All She Wrote Books is a feminist bookstore that highlights POC, queer, and female authors that aren’t always…Read More
July Reading List
Still searching for summer reading inspiration, but now that the library is circulating its collection again I think I can find it! Gingerbread Helen Oyeyemi I’ve loved Helen Oyeyemi’s previous books but unfortunately this one didn’t click with me. It’s a fantastical, abstract piece about a female refugee from a country no one can seem…Read More