I had two reminders in my Notes app for topics to write about: “Our mail carrier giving Orlando and us oranges” and “Lisa’s newsletter.” But then I read the latest installment of Not Know How and saw that Lisa had herself written a beautiful meditation on walking around our neighborhood, worrying about the state of the world, and, would you know it, receiving unexpected gift oranges:
On the last block before our building, we met our mail carrier, sitting in her parked truck. She handed my son three oranges, one for each of us, the second time she has given us this gift.
You should read the full essay. Plus, after the essay there’s an interview with noted graveyard writer Jessica Ferri. And a plug for You Know What’s Good, which she described as a “delicious, ASMR-adjacent vignette series.” (!!!) I may be biased, but I find Not Knowing How to always be full of beautiful insights and literary genius.
