Gentle love letter to a simple life

november wrap-up, failproof office uniform, great substack reads, and the christmas dinner table

DANNY

Dec 07, 2024

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Hello and welcome to dessert, on our table today is a small but sweet selection,

My days // tiny little snippets (video at the top)
Friday, 30th November // gentle love letter to a simple life
Month in Review // november favourites and great substack reads
For your viewing pleasure, Galerie Tiger // a christmas dinner table

💌 INVITE LIST

Gremlins?

⏳ ICYMI // Gentle love letter to Islington, London _ The Rat Girl Winter Survival Guide _ October wrap-up (How to Look like Yourself)

Friday, 30th November

If this week were a cake it would be a dense (yes, dense) vanilla sponge paired with yellow buttercream. I’d slice into it with a steel spoon and watch the cold edge sink into layers of soft sponge and delicate cream.

I’d flip my spoon over so it is the cake that touches my tongue first. I’d luxuriate in the sensation of sponge and smooth cream melting into each other, my tongue curling around its sweetness, letting its soft vanilla wash over my senses.

I have had a nice week, is what I’m saying :)

It was a simple vanilla sponge of a week. Nothing out of the ordinary happened, really, and I went about my days in its minutiae as I always do. Monday to Friday was mild and unassuming, bordering on mundane, but the days passed in a steady rhythm that I found reassuring and safe; it was delicious and I savoured every bite.

I woke up relatively early everyday, I had time to myself before jumping into work each morning. I got a couple workouts in and I managed to cook dinner once, maybe twice. I ate three good, real meals a day and I’m proud of that.

I’ve just got back from spending time with my colleagues (whom i have grown to appreciate so deeply), to a massage and acupuncture session at home. As I write this to you, I am folded into a little corner on our massive blue sofa, swaddled in my bathrobe and a butter-yellow quilt, laptop perched on my lap, our ginger tabby stretched out in all his fiery glory in front of me.

Blessedly decompressed and looking to Saturday & Sunday, I have a whole weekend of tennis and running and baking and seeing friends to look forward to.

If this week were my baby niece I would lay a kiss on her perfect forehead and thank her for bringing light into my life, simply by being who she is, all that she is.

That’s all I wanted to write about today, this newsletter features an accompanying vlog-format glimpse into my life (lately). *wink

Month in Review // november

Wearing, on repeat, an all black uniform with my new earrings and belt from Lie Studio.

I’ve not had the bandwidth these past couple weeks to consider my clothing choices too deeply, and when ideas don’t come naturally to me about these things I generally try not to push it.

This look has worked for me this month, and I appreciate the slight elevation the accessories add. Simple, no drama, as life should be

Earrings, Belt, Cashmere Jumper, perfect pair of pants, Classic white sneakers, Loafers (going on nearly a decade with both pairs of shoes, i love em)

(disclaimer; links are affiliate, and a reminder that you likely do not need any of these things :))

Reading The Secret History by Donna Tartt, which I initially found pretentious but am now enjoying because she of the way she writes and because I realised that the exaggerated characters are Tartt’s tongue in cheek way of poking fun at, you know, what you’re like when you are at that age, on the cusp of adulthood, ambitious, hopeful, with a slightly inflated view of your own intellect

In no particular order, a couple of substacks I saved, which either made me laugh, think, cry, hungry, or ambitious: