THE BEST THINGS FROM JANUARY

Happy weekend and happy February, finally. This monthly post for paid subscribers includes everything — I mean everything! — I loved most from the month: Podcast episodes, films, TV, writing advice, spiritual practices, daily rituals, books, online articles, my best purchases, travels, recipes, and more. In addition, I always end with a Tarot pull for the month ahead.

This post is just one example of the paid perks. Other posts have ranged between essays, writing advice, interviews with creatives and industry professionals, and exclusive access to my 2+ year archive.

ONLINE READING

• The only surviving recording of Virginia Woolf

• Sundance 2025: How 43 Cinematographers Shot Their Narrative Features

• How to Create a Multimedia Digital Journal of Your Life

• How the Capybara Won My Heart—and Almost Everyone Else’s

• January’s best-reviewed fiction

• A deep dive on plane crashes in the United States

• Ottessa Moshfegh’s Substack. I was shocked when I discovered it because a public blog felt so unlike her… until I started reading it.

THE BEST CREATIVE ADVICE

• I’ve been attending Film Independent’s Director’s Close-Up, a series of online conversations with this year’s Spirit Award-nominated directors. I highly recommend it! Or, catch the panels later on YouTube. Here’s a great one with the directors of The Substance, Sing Sing, Nickle Boys, I Saw The TV Glow, The Apprentice, and La Cocina: