Work Notes 

Save the Dates : Mon 11/16 - Sun 11/22 is Free Landscapes Week, a writing co-working group for all genres. Lots of special events, stay tuned. 

Book a 1:1 Creative Advising Session in the coming weeks to talk through your artistic blocks 

I'm teaching Intro to Improvisational Patchwork in Traverse City, MI on Sunday 11/15 at Common Objects 

Tomorrow is Bandcamp Friday (more profits in our pockets) and you can take 40% off my new audiobook (any time) Look About You : A Book of Ordinary Prayers with the code nabbc40

Common Objects is open this week Thursday 11-4, Friday 11-4, Saturday 9-4 (Clothing swap across the hall at Slip Vintage 9-11) and Sunday 11-4 + online shop is always open

Dear Reader,

Before I begin this newsletter I have to share my deep gratitude to the organizers, the first time voters, Black women, the canvassers, the voters who hate voting but did it anyways, the ones who stayed hopeful, everyone who sent me sweet messages from other states. Abdul El-Sayed’s victory is not only historical it is unprecedented. Fuck billionares. God bless Michigan! And what a sweep what a sweep for so many states and so many people.

What I know about liberation is that this is one small step, but it is one worth letting ourselves be relieved by, grateful for, and joyful with.

Today's Behind The Scenes of Business column includes visual and written sneak peeks of a project I've been working on and is for paid subscribers of Monday Monday

I have been working on a creativity oracle deck in the spirit of Oblique Strategies for a decade. Right after I got divorced was the first time I started making lists of words I wanted to include in my deck. I know exactly which notebook it is, it’s somewhere in this house. I should find it.

This year I got as far as writing down all the words and phrases and writing a short guidebook and made a prototype of the deck by scanning papers I typed on my typewriter into Canva and having it printed. I carry the box with me everywhere and ask my favorite artists what they think.

Something isn’t right though. I want to throw it away, start from scratch, a feeling I have had with previous projects but never actually done. I either abandon them completely or I push through.