Archive - Donita Reason

Sticking Around

painting, The Work, being alive

Jan 5 •

July 2023

Summer of Nah (this time for everyone)

hi friends — apologies if you are getting this twice (but thank you for being a paid subscriber!!). I meant to send this to all readers, paid an…

Jul 5, 2023 •

On Saturday morning I convened a family meeting with one agenda item: Summer. I asked all of us to commit to making this summer the easiest, mos…

Jul 4, 2023 •

May 2023

A few weeks ago, a Seattle woman named Rachel Marshall died in her sleep. Because Seattle (well at least my Seattle) is still a small town at heart, the…

May 9, 2023 •

March 2023

some notes from my, ahem, spiritual journey

Mar 23, 2023 •

January 2023

hi — this is prob the only thread i’ll ever do, possibly the only thread i’ll ever need. i try to stay reading poetry most days, which is easier…

Jan 18, 2023 •

December 2022

some thoughts on transactions and rituals

Dec 22, 2022 •

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November 2022

I’m home after a quick work trip to Manhattan. My plane landed at JFK around 9 pm Monday; I was tucking the girls into their beds at 8:15 Wednesday…

Nov 11, 2022 •

October 2022

Reclaiming My Time

How do you measure eight years of personal space?

Oct 19, 2022 •

September 2022

Thanks to everyone who recently subscribed, or became a paid subscriber, to Donita Reason. I am sick this week, but wanted to write something. Your…

Sep 21, 2022 •

Answering the Foot Phone

This was supposed to be about a child's fake injury....now it's about everything?

Sep 13, 2022 •

August 2022

Vegetable Representation Matters

On okra and perilla leaves

Aug 21, 2022 •

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