tiny newsletter #153: bird by bird

hi friends,

i’m typing up this week’s tiny while stuck on a very slow train from bk back to manhattan. wahoo we are moving now!! how are you?

this week, i…

📚 read bird by bird. this famous advice on writing book by anne lamott is full of useful tips and important reality checks. i esp loved her childhood story of her dad's lesson to take on overwhelming projects 1 bird (step) at a time. 

👩🏻‍🍳 made shallot pasta. sometimes a recipe is viral for a good reason and this one from alison roman deserves all the hype. even better, the leftovers are great scrambled into eggs in the am. shallots are so beautiful, don’t you think? 

🎧 listened to little numbers by boy. now is the time to put on this 2011 banger. it's the glue holding me together. which reminds me…i gotta get back to this ezra klein pod on burnout, lol.

~ bonus section ~ 

🎨 hopie hill at charles moffett 🎨 hopie is one of the sister geniuses behind block shop textiles, a textile + home goods company in la. she’s making moves to be a full time painter and her modern takes on still lifes are at this gallery til feb 1. run to see!! (1,2,3 - i loved the snails sm)

💌 and that’s the tiny letter! thank you for reading, xo aud