One day a week, teachers at my school are allowed to wear jeans & pay a fee that raised money for something work related. For me— a dressy blouse & not so casual cut jeans were typically the norm on these days. But this school year— no more jean days (for a reason not mentioning) & I’m so sad. But I’m also on the look out to add to my wardrobe— #shopping

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“Raditz and Mitchell shared a cave for a couple of months, travelled around Greece together, and parted ways. That’s where you and I come in, because Mitchell wrote two songs, among her greatest works, about her “redneck on a Grecian isle”: “California” and “Carey.” I’ve been singing along to those songs, or trying to, since I was fifteen. I learned from them what you learn from all of Mitchell’s music, that love is a form of reciprocity, at times even a barter economy: “He gave me back my smile / but he kept my camera to sell.” Mitchell’s songs were the final, clinching trade.” Joni Mitchell’s Openhearted Heroism

The New Yorker

Joni Mitchell’s Openhearted Heroism

She made the best music of her generation by falling in love, over and over, while defending her sense of self.

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I have cousins from the Johnstown Area in Pennsylvania who love to come to Pittsburgh & they are texting me now about going to the Pitt Game 🏈 & I’m like— I need time to read my books this afternoon because I’m partying tonight. But my other sister can do like 100 activities everyday. And she has her kids signed up for every activity on planet Earth— I love her energy & I also love my reading time.

"’Sweetbriar in Blossom’: ‘You do not know you've been forgiven." This line tears itself away from rather than bursting out of the context because it is uttered by the voice of the soul, for the forgiver is always greater than the offense and whoever inflicts it. This line, seemingly addressed to one person, is in fact addressed to the entire world. It is the soul's response to existence.” ~Joseph Brodsky (Anna Akhmatova)

Do you think it’s true that people protect & make space for what they decide is worthy? And if you value many things— life becomes more like a dance—