Aflame, 5 Haikus, and the Stack of the Week

with art by Pier Hardin

“Aflame” by Pier Hardin, marker on paper

See more of Pier’s art on her website.

Five Haikus

1

rotten pecans strewn

across the lawn, it must be

one more year passing

2

utterly silent

no hand rises, has any-

one done the reading?

3

first shred the cabbage

then make the peanut dressing

it’s almost salad

4

watching movies can

have this effect sometimes you

can’t rise from the couch

5

a haiku a day

is possibly a little

thing I could do now

The Stack of the Week

This week’s stack is

Dr. Kathleen Waller

’s The Matterhorn. I just discovered this well-established newsletter recently, and I’ve become a bit obsessed. I found it via Kathleen’s other stack Yoga Culture, which will certainly feature in this space soon as well, and which is also brilliant. The Matterhorn is something of a world unto itself, and I have only just scratched the surface thus far: Kathleen writes about culture, fashion, literature, film, art, yoga, and more—all with an erudite but unpretentious ease. The newsletter also includes a podcast, as well as original fiction. It’s the “horn” of plenty. This is from her “about” page:

The Matterhorn is a fiction: it is a peak that rises between two countries and cultures, creating faces that change in the light and through our experience or memories with them. It is the conglomerate of the millions of photographs and videos, the climbs, the skiing and eating in its vicinity, the many languages that vibrate off its rock each day. It is the passing of millions of years in its presence. At this peak, we create a story from all the layers of her brilliant life.

Her current September series, “Fashion as a Text,” is a great place to start:

September Issue(s)

Dive in, and revel in Kathleen’s eclectic intellect! You’ll be glad you did.

I’ll be back on Wednesday with more on Gulliver. Thanks for reading, from my fancy internet typewriter to yours.

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