The Delights of Distraction 69: Notes on grief, loss, hope and my father
Hello glowbugs, Yes, it’s been a while since you've seen us dropping into your inbox. Thank you for your patience. We took a break over October and November. Vivita's father...
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The Delights of Distraction No.68: Parents
The hardest part of growing up is realizing your parents are getting older. With septuagenarian parents who have recently been unwell, both of us have been dealing with the sharp pain...
The Delights of Distraction No.67: The Experience Machine
Last week Ami finally got down to reading a book lying unread in her bookcase since 2008 - The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World....
The Delights of Distraction No.66: What if you could make this easy?
One of the things both of us struggled with this year was to fit workouts into our day. Despite more flexible hours at the office, we just couldn’t find the...
The Delights of Distraction No.65: One of the most important lessons we've learnt - from a tree
Have you liked outside today? Do you see that tree? It can be difficult to gaze up at the dotted vastness of a starry sky or the intricate geometry of a...
The Delights of Distraction No.64: 10 things I wish I knew when I was 20
Last week was Ami’s birthday. Once you hit your 40s, with all the smug-hood of Don’t-give-a-f*ck-itude, burgeoning wisdom (and matching thighs), it’s prudent to look back and take stock...
The Delights of Distraction No.62
For lifestyle stores in India (or all stores really) - Diwali is our biggest season. We spend months gearing up for it, in anticipation that the celebratory gifting nature of...
The Delights of Distraction No.61
When we started writing this newsletter in 2020 - it seemed an easy enough task to add to our repertoire of running The Wishing Chair: just slap together a few...