This was Olive’s 5 year old solution to her realising half of her extended family whom she loves very much was across a sea. I came across this today and it feels bigger and more relevant to losing my grandmother this past Summer. Goodbye-ing people is such a vital and permanent life skill.

Have you read this yet? A good book is one that earns a space on your shelf. This one is a creative canon with the feminine interwoven so powerfully into its fabric. But it’s for everyone. She theorises that the most important thing humanity has innovated is the vessel, the bag, the basket.

Would have been more iconic if they were cool and fashionable tbh.

One of my fave books this year was Natalie Olay’s Bad Taste. So good. Also extra points for a great cover. Taste and aesthetics are social and political, which is frankly a delicious concept to explore.