so, all good is better than best. happy to hear/read that.
by holiday i didn't mean holiday, you know that. just wanted to make sure that your destiny wouldn't be "das märchen vom mädchen mit den schwefelhölzchen".
my new book isn't published yet, i am still in polaroid hell...it's just the publisher announcing it....
Ben, I just liked your newsletter but I don't know if I really like it.
i truely admire almost all you do in the barracks.
you are my green conscience that reminds me of all I should do or even better should not do.
i wished i had your will and bravery. I haven't.
when i read this newsletter i became really afraid of the circumstances you put yourself in, then i listened to it and you sounded less alarming. nevertheless. when empathy and voyeurism play ping pong in the reader's head, something isn't right.
do pirates never go on holidays? take a few of the coldest days off? wrapp the piggies and warm up? is all this the way it has to be or is it self inflicted suffering, possible self injury as art of life and entertainment ?
Somewhere in my reader's head i want to know that pirates have solutions of support, maybe friends? to make those chilly days shorter, ...community?
Ahh Michaela, thank you, but please don't worry. Let's call "will and bravery" "obstinacy and stupidity" - it's probably closer to the truth.
If I though it was going to be this for ever, I wouldn't be able to do it, I am sure. There was a bit of a wobble just yesterday, which I hope to have resolved by the next newsletter. For the first time, something felt like it went backwards. BUT! That is the first time, and it was only one thing. Every other step has been progress. And, even with that one (very minor) thing, I am hard at work planning for the coming improvements - which have a lot to do with community.
I'm afraid holidays aren't a possibility, but that is true for a great many people living in rural communities. I am by no means the only one.
The "what's it all about" has also never been a worry for me. It's a developing narrative, and every element of it has some parts which are easy to understand, and some which are not. The trajectory of next year will, I am sure, make much of it easier for more people.
(btw... your new book looks amazing! You must be very pleased to have got it all finished and published!)
...the thing said my answer didn't go through.
so, all good is better than best. happy to hear/read that.
by holiday i didn't mean holiday, you know that. just wanted to make sure that your destiny wouldn't be "das märchen vom mädchen mit den schwefelhölzchen".
my new book isn't published yet, i am still in polaroid hell...it's just the publisher announcing it....
xoxo
Ben, I just liked your newsletter but I don't know if I really like it.
i truely admire almost all you do in the barracks.
you are my green conscience that reminds me of all I should do or even better should not do.
i wished i had your will and bravery. I haven't.
when i read this newsletter i became really afraid of the circumstances you put yourself in, then i listened to it and you sounded less alarming. nevertheless. when empathy and voyeurism play ping pong in the reader's head, something isn't right.
do pirates never go on holidays? take a few of the coldest days off? wrapp the piggies and warm up? is all this the way it has to be or is it self inflicted suffering, possible self injury as art of life and entertainment ?
Somewhere in my reader's head i want to know that pirates have solutions of support, maybe friends? to make those chilly days shorter, ...community?
otherwise, what's it all about?
otherwise
Ahh Michaela, thank you, but please don't worry. Let's call "will and bravery" "obstinacy and stupidity" - it's probably closer to the truth.
If I though it was going to be this for ever, I wouldn't be able to do it, I am sure. There was a bit of a wobble just yesterday, which I hope to have resolved by the next newsletter. For the first time, something felt like it went backwards. BUT! That is the first time, and it was only one thing. Every other step has been progress. And, even with that one (very minor) thing, I am hard at work planning for the coming improvements - which have a lot to do with community.
I'm afraid holidays aren't a possibility, but that is true for a great many people living in rural communities. I am by no means the only one.
The "what's it all about" has also never been a worry for me. It's a developing narrative, and every element of it has some parts which are easy to understand, and some which are not. The trajectory of next year will, I am sure, make much of it easier for more people.
(btw... your new book looks amazing! You must be very pleased to have got it all finished and published!)