I’m struggling to find my routine after the summer break, but life, it keeps on going.
WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING
1.
I sent out an issue of my newsletter last week announcing a new batch of zines. I had been working on these zines for months, and I am very happy to finally have them out in the world. Already I have dropped off copies at The Bookshop Inc. and sent them off to the Champaca Bookstore in Goa. Champaca’s Bangalore shop is next, along with shipping a handful of zines to one of my favourite indie publishers, who have shown an interest in stocking them on their website. Some individual orders have come in too, and I packed them all on the weekend.
2.
On Thursday, Amber and I spent the day with Prateek and Rhea, chatting and playing card games. It is the kind of slow, agenda-less time I wish we had more of, but living in different cities, I’m grateful that we had some last week.
3.
Amber was visiting family at the end of the week, and so I spent a few days alone at home. It was a bit of a non-weekend weekend as I caught up with work in the hopes of dissipating some of my related stress. I was visited by a migraine and a tooth ache, so my days weren’t as relaxed as I would have liked, but I baked cornbread muffins and ate ice cream from Big Chill, so it wasn’t all bad.
4.
Through the summer, I worked with the incredibly nice folks at Dark ‘n’ Light, and that project is about to be announced soon.