Truly envious of your ability to make me feel through writing. I'll always enjoy these! As for things I've enjoyed this season, I've gone swimming more in the last month or two than I have in the five/six years combined. I also was able to hang out with some of my best friends (you and my other friend, Sean) which was really nice since summer has been hectic as all hell for me this year, as well as listen to the Decemberists' new album, As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again. In things I'm looking forward to, I just got my computer set up again and I will be trying to catch up on the games I've left collecting dust in my Steam Library. I am also looking forward to possibly seeing you one last time before you head back to Chicago if all goes well! In Autumn, I start my rock climbing class at my college so I'll be a little more back and forth between my house and where I'm currently staying and will be able to see my little brothers again whom I miss dearly. I'll end this with a song recommendation (I just realized how much I wrote 😐). On the Bus Mall by Colin Meloy off of the "Colin Meloy Sings Live!" album. I love the studio version but something about the live version is so heartbreaking.
you have nothing to be envious about since your writing elicits the exact same experience for me!! thank you for your endless support jayy, it honestly means more to me than i can even put into words. i'm so happy you've rediscovered your love for swimming, it's so refreshing especially this time of year! this has been a bit of a hectic summer for me too (as you know haha) but i'm so happy time spent with your friends has lifted your spirits, it's done the same for me! i'm so happy about the time we've been able to spend together. i'm so excited for you to start your rock climbing class, it genuinely sounds like such a great time and i'm even more excited for you to see your brothers, i'm sure they miss you just as dearly! i love a live version of any song so i'm excited to listen to it and i pretty much love anything colin meloy does, so thank you for the recommendation :)
ahhh this was beautiful to read liv. you articulated your love for autumn so well, and i can relate on such a great level! i can't wait for fall and the smell of the rain, and cuddling up with a good movie, and the gray skies. for me my favorite memories of summer have been rediscovering my love of going out by myself. i had such a great time at the hilbert museum, it was so beautiful walking around, listening to music, and just getting to see the glistening of oil on canvas paintings. one of my recs for you is "the heart is a lonely hunter" by carson mccullers, it's one of my favorite books of all time. <3
thank you always always always for your support and kind words, grace!! it means the world to me :) the smell of rain would heal me, petrichor is genuinely one of my favorite scents. and the gray skies! there is something so comforting about it. the sun was good to me this summer for once but i am ready to kiss it goodbye i think! i'm so happy to hear that you've been enjoying your own company and going out by yourself, isn't that so liberating?! going to the museum alone especially is the best because you can peruse at your own pace. and you know what's SO funny is YEARS ago i was sent a free book from this reading society, i think it was during covid, and it was a copy of 'the heart is a lonely hunter.' i remember not thinking i'd like it at the time?! but i always knew deep down that one day i would read it at the right time in my life and now that you've mentioned it being one of your favorites, i think that time is soon <3
Truly envious of your ability to make me feel through writing. I'll always enjoy these! As for things I've enjoyed this season, I've gone swimming more in the last month or two than I have in the five/six years combined. I also was able to hang out with some of my best friends (you and my other friend, Sean) which was really nice since summer has been hectic as all hell for me this year, as well as listen to the Decemberists' new album, As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again. In things I'm looking forward to, I just got my computer set up again and I will be trying to catch up on the games I've left collecting dust in my Steam Library. I am also looking forward to possibly seeing you one last time before you head back to Chicago if all goes well! In Autumn, I start my rock climbing class at my college so I'll be a little more back and forth between my house and where I'm currently staying and will be able to see my little brothers again whom I miss dearly. I'll end this with a song recommendation (I just realized how much I wrote 😐). On the Bus Mall by Colin Meloy off of the "Colin Meloy Sings Live!" album. I love the studio version but something about the live version is so heartbreaking.
you have nothing to be envious about since your writing elicits the exact same experience for me!! thank you for your endless support jayy, it honestly means more to me than i can even put into words. i'm so happy you've rediscovered your love for swimming, it's so refreshing especially this time of year! this has been a bit of a hectic summer for me too (as you know haha) but i'm so happy time spent with your friends has lifted your spirits, it's done the same for me! i'm so happy about the time we've been able to spend together. i'm so excited for you to start your rock climbing class, it genuinely sounds like such a great time and i'm even more excited for you to see your brothers, i'm sure they miss you just as dearly! i love a live version of any song so i'm excited to listen to it and i pretty much love anything colin meloy does, so thank you for the recommendation :)
ahhh this was beautiful to read liv. you articulated your love for autumn so well, and i can relate on such a great level! i can't wait for fall and the smell of the rain, and cuddling up with a good movie, and the gray skies. for me my favorite memories of summer have been rediscovering my love of going out by myself. i had such a great time at the hilbert museum, it was so beautiful walking around, listening to music, and just getting to see the glistening of oil on canvas paintings. one of my recs for you is "the heart is a lonely hunter" by carson mccullers, it's one of my favorite books of all time. <3
thank you always always always for your support and kind words, grace!! it means the world to me :) the smell of rain would heal me, petrichor is genuinely one of my favorite scents. and the gray skies! there is something so comforting about it. the sun was good to me this summer for once but i am ready to kiss it goodbye i think! i'm so happy to hear that you've been enjoying your own company and going out by yourself, isn't that so liberating?! going to the museum alone especially is the best because you can peruse at your own pace. and you know what's SO funny is YEARS ago i was sent a free book from this reading society, i think it was during covid, and it was a copy of 'the heart is a lonely hunter.' i remember not thinking i'd like it at the time?! but i always knew deep down that one day i would read it at the right time in my life and now that you've mentioned it being one of your favorites, i think that time is soon <3
omg that's so funny that you got a free copy of that book!!! whenever you get around to it, definitely let me know your thoughts