May 2026 - Page 28 - Pretty Activity

On Reading Slowly: The Case for the Forty-Page Evening

I read about forty pages on a typical evening. I used to think this was too slow. I have come to think…

A small bakery opened a few blocks from me about eighteen months ago. They make one kind of bread on Wednesdays that…

There is a television show I have watched the entire run of four times. I am not going to say which one…

There is a consignment shop on Warren Street that I have been going into approximately once a month for almost five years.…

I spent a Sunday in January trying to organize the bedroom closet. I succeeded with the top shelf and the hanging rod.…

When I am stuck on something, or anxious about something, or just unable to settle, I take a particular walk. It is…

I make my coffee with a small ceramic dripper that I have owned for nine years. The pour takes about four minutes.…

I have just finished my fourth reading of a novel I first read when I was twenty-six. I noticed a sentence this…

I have lived in this apartment for almost five years. For about four of those years, an older man has walked his…

I replaced one drawer pull in my kitchen last spring. It is slightly crooked. I have decided that the crookedness is now…

There is a small basket by my front door where I put the mail when I bring it in. I do not…

I cook three dinners on a rotation. I have cooked these three dinners on a rotation for about two years now. I…