The allure of smoking has proved hard to stamp out. Despite the fact that cigarette use is at an 80-year-low in America, smoking has, unfortunately, become cool again.
In 2017, I was trying to write How to Be an Antiracist. Words came onto the page slower than ever. On some days, no words came at all. Clearly, I was in crisis. I don’t believe in writer’s block. When words aren’t flowing onto the page, I know why: I haven’t researched enough, organized the material enough, thought enough to exhume clarity, meticulously outlined my thoughts enough. I haven’t prepared myself to write.
Sunday Best is a brand new feature here at TIG that we plan on making a recurring one. Each Sunday, we will bring you a cross-section of interesting articles, links, ideas, music, culture, and anything else we think might be interesting or entertaining⏤the perfect supplement to your Sunday and one we hope you will add to your routine.
. . . linen and velvet, herringbone and carerra, crown moulding, chandeliers and leopard print — with the passing of each...
. . . always a little wistful at this time of year, as each passing day drenched in warm, golden...
. . . with summer days flying by, irresistibly drawn, more and more, to the lure of the ocean, and...
. . . two lovely things {besides coffee & croissants for breakfast this morning, of course}: a little time to...
. . . nearly impossible not to be utterly by this perfectly tiny and devastatingly romantic victorian cottage in the...
As balmy breezes turn crisp and longer days fall silently into dusk earlier each night, am longingly aware that soon...
