Welcome to March!

5 on Friday

Today’s post is inspired by an email I receive from Sara Gentry at Solutions for Writers.

Photo by Glen Carrie on Unsplash

TO READ

I have been reading a lot of different texts lately. I am back to reading novels. I am blessed to have a great library system which has saved me thousands of dollars in books. And honestly, space. I learned a long time ago that libraries don’t have space for all the books they own. They count on people having books checked out!

I am reading The Book of Love by Kelly Link.

I am reading THE PIVOT YEAR by Brianna West.

I am reading a lot of books by Maira Kalman

I continue with my Bradbury Trio of reading a poem, story, and essay every day. It impacts my writing in the best ways!

I read a lot of high quality Substacks too. And I will be reading other March Challenge blog posts this whole month of March!

To Listen To

I listen to a lot of podcasts especially when walking, running, or driving.

I listened to SHORT STORY TODAY with the interview with Amy Barnes.

I listen to The Atlas Obscura Podcast and THE MFA WRITERS podcast.

I listened to a few that I don’t want to list because I didn’t enjoy them too!

I exchange many audio messages between friends and enjoy leaving and received these messages too!

​To Watch

I started rewatching Emily In Paris on Netflix. This is a fun show for me. I enjoy the banter and the fashion and that there is a chef who is a main character.

I don’t watch much TV generally, but do have shows I am drawn to. My husband and I watch the occasional movie as well. This week we watched “No Reservations”.

​To Do

I’m traveling this first week of March with my son and I will savor each experience. I will also run and write!

​To Write

I write to prompts daily. I have readings I respond to in my notebook.

One of the formats I enjoy is Summer Brennan’s 5 Thing Essay.

​Happy March!!