Alice 💌
A quiet corner for essays on reading, slow living, and small daily rituals. Stay as long as you like.
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July 6, 2026
Other People's Fireworks
The Fourth was loud the way it's loud every year, and I spent it indoors with a cat convinced the world was ending. I stayed home on purpose, and I'm trying to be honest about the smugness in that.
June 22, 2026
More Light Than I Asked For
I'm built for the dark and the lamp, and June hands me fourteen hours of daylight I don't know what to do with. Too much light makes me anxious, and I've never seen anyone else admit it.
May 20, 2026
On Keeping a Reading List
I used to finish a book and forget I'd read it. It took me an embarrassingly long time to start writing them down, and now I can't stop.
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