Issue Nº 1: Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Bindercast, and Fitting Your Biz Goals on a Post-It Note

About this blog post: Each month, I send an email newsletter to friends on my list. Below is a condensed version of last month's letter.

Here are some things I'm reading, thinking about, and working on this month:

What I'm Reading

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Second Nature: A Gardener's Education by Michael Pollan (again), Raising Freethinkers by Dale McGowan, et al., Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon (again), Connecting the Dots: How My Opinion Made it Into the New York Times Today by Jason Fried

What We're Reading

A Child's Anthology of Poetry by Elizabeth Hauge Sword, The Adventures of Beekle by Dan Santat, The Jolly Postman by Allan Ahlberg et al., Home by Carson Eliis

What I Wrote

Making it Last: How to Develop a Working Archive on the Craft Industry Alliance Journal (members only article), 4 Steps to Letting Go of Things That Aren't Working for You + Your Business on Dear Handmade Life, 4 Simple Ways to Hang Kids Artwork on Dear Handmade Life

What I'm Listening To

Podcasts, of course! Lately I'm really into Longform and The Bindercast.

From the Archive

"I don't have permission to do that kind of work and live a creative life." Get the full article, Give Yourself Permission, at Blog Society here.