It was one of those rare yet coveted moments, the kind people travel to yoga retreats and climb moments to get: It felt totally effortless to just be here.
Rosie, thank you so much for linking to The Auntie Bulletin! Your links round up was full of ideas and articles that I can’t wait to write about in my own newsletter. ❤️❤️❤️
Absolutely love the pieces from How to Train Your Dragon (we have a cat in the family named Merlin who looks a *lot* like toothless the dragon.) Looking forward to digging deeper, since our time watching animated movies as a family has decreased dramatically over the years. (My suggestion as return is the score to The Martian is lovely, I find it very peaceful and majestic to listen to.)
I found your substack through your writing about the village--and can't get enough! You should totally do more podcasts btw. I'm a new mom and torn between the adventure and freedom of a more nomadic lifestyle and deeply investing in a place. We (hubby + baby + me) just spent the last week at https://www.edgecity.live/lanna where we met lots of cool "worldschooling" families forming their village on the road. In this pop-up village I felt connections form more quickly (likeminded people + daily exposure). There was a common "social house" where babies would hang out and parents organized in a chat to share childcare responsibilities and organize fun field trips/events for the kiddos. OTOH, we have 2 sets of grandparents that live a 10 min walk from one another "back home" and nothing can compare to that undconditional love that they have for us/our daughter.
I am also tracking a lot of experiments in the DIY "village" space. Here are a few fun links you might be interested in:
Thank you so much, this is super interesting. Do you have an email I can contact you at? Or you can contact me directly rosiespinks [at] gmail [dot] com
I loved this! I also enjoy film scores - I tend to think of them as modern day 'classical' music. One of my favourites is the score to 'Meet Joe Black' - I love that. There are others too, there's a song from Pedro Almodovar's film, Talk To Her (2002) called 'Cururrucucu Paloma' which I can't ever hear too many time. There are so many more too...
I also loved your apology about the US elections to those of us no in America - you're the second person this week who has done that. I have a friend in Texas who emailed me, ending with - please forgive us if we screw this up! :)
Sent this to the composer of the Luca score, Dan Romer, who is a friend. Loved this post - thanks Rosie
Oh my, this comment has fully made my day. Thank you! 🙏🏼
Rosie, thank you so much for linking to The Auntie Bulletin! Your links round up was full of ideas and articles that I can’t wait to write about in my own newsletter. ❤️❤️❤️
Pleasure! I will email you soon...
Thanks for linking to the As if We Were Staying post, I really enjoyed it.
It’s great, right?
So touched by this piece. Thank you 🙏
Absolutely love the pieces from How to Train Your Dragon (we have a cat in the family named Merlin who looks a *lot* like toothless the dragon.) Looking forward to digging deeper, since our time watching animated movies as a family has decreased dramatically over the years. (My suggestion as return is the score to The Martian is lovely, I find it very peaceful and majestic to listen to.)
Our cat looks like toothless too!
We also listen to the Luca score all the time in our house! It's magic and also, calming. Looking forward to listening to the whole playlist.
I found your substack through your writing about the village--and can't get enough! You should totally do more podcasts btw. I'm a new mom and torn between the adventure and freedom of a more nomadic lifestyle and deeply investing in a place. We (hubby + baby + me) just spent the last week at https://www.edgecity.live/lanna where we met lots of cool "worldschooling" families forming their village on the road. In this pop-up village I felt connections form more quickly (likeminded people + daily exposure). There was a common "social house" where babies would hang out and parents organized in a chat to share childcare responsibilities and organize fun field trips/events for the kiddos. OTOH, we have 2 sets of grandparents that live a 10 min walk from one another "back home" and nothing can compare to that undconditional love that they have for us/our daughter.
I am also tracking a lot of experiments in the DIY "village" space. Here are a few fun links you might be interested in:
- https://www.familyvillagecoop.com/
- https://allonething.xyz/
- https://www.jaegoshouse.co.uk/
- https://www.clubjoyful.com/
and here's an overview of the general "hub" concept for multigen 3rd spaces https://hub.eudaform.org/
would love to jam more on this sometime if you're open to it!
Thank you so much, this is super interesting. Do you have an email I can contact you at? Or you can contact me directly rosiespinks [at] gmail [dot] com
I love everything about this. Luca is a family favorite, but I Will now rediscover the score with new curiosity.
Love that all the Luca fans are coming out in these comments :)
Always a god damn joy of my whole week!
Ohhh this is gorgeous. Thank you for the mention – and thanks Dan for the playlist, listening now and suddenly I feel majestic x
Thank you for the inspiration!
This was so touching! 🥹🧡🧡🧡 listening to the playlist now.
I loved this! I also enjoy film scores - I tend to think of them as modern day 'classical' music. One of my favourites is the score to 'Meet Joe Black' - I love that. There are others too, there's a song from Pedro Almodovar's film, Talk To Her (2002) called 'Cururrucucu Paloma' which I can't ever hear too many time. There are so many more too...
I also loved your apology about the US elections to those of us no in America - you're the second person this week who has done that. I have a friend in Texas who emailed me, ending with - please forgive us if we screw this up! :)
Tesco fishcakes and beans carried me through many a tea time with sauce covered little fingers! Looking forward to listening to the songs.
Thank you!