Creating a Writing Advent

reading and writing as grounded ritual in the season of contemplation

Having an analytic or researcher’s mind, means I am always reading in more than one way at once. I select books I want to read because I am interested in their themes, creating a reading experience that is pleasurable, but also instructive. I always mean to read (again) purely for the joy of it – I miss the unquestioned and pure immersion in fiction tha…