On the “Ya, Maybe” — Mid-Month Check-In | Read Together August 2026
We're halfway through August and three different people said the same thing to me this month: "maybe one day we'll make it out to Belgium." A reflection on adult friendship, distance, the invisible string, and what Platonic taught me about being the one who gets on the plane anyway.
On Showing Up for Each Other — Read Together August 2026
August's Read Together is built around the question that comes after creativity: who do we make it with? Six books — one picture book, one for teens, three adult reads, and one for the fiction reader — woven around what it means to truly connect, show up for each other, and let yourself be known.