HeyJaredLife with Books
A celebration of books that make life better, easier, and cozier. With some thoughts on living, served with good coffee and pastries from my adopted Danish homeland.
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Introductions! (opens the original)
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Dear readers,Today’s post is a little different from my usual fortnightly Lookaftering letter. After writing to you most weeks this year, I thought a proper introduction was long overdue. So hello! I’m Lucy and I write here at Life with Books. I’m also very shy, so here’s a greeting from a distance, taken in the Scottish Hebrides a few years ago:<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CNJy!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fs
The comforts of compassionate realism (opens the original)
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Quiet moments, calming books, and tea (opens the original)
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Wherever I am, the world comes after me.It offers me its busyness.It does not believe that I do not want it.Now I understand why the old poets of China went so far and high into the mountains,then crept into the pale mist.– “The Old Poets of China” by Mary Oliver<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gPo-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3cd294
Lookaftering #12 (opens the original)
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Dear readers,I recently came across this wonderful risograph print from UK-based artist Lizzie Lomax, and thought you might love it as much as I do:<img alt="" c
Lovely books to make life sweeter (opens the original)
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“She fought to keep the ugly, chaotic world at bay and to keep a sweet, pretty corner to live in.”– Happy All the Time by Laurie Colwin<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="666.5521978021978" src="https
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