On being back in England, a publishing party and the posts you love the most

I've had a beautiful, emotional, flat out week in England, and I'm writing this from my car before I grab a last few hours in the sunlight in a field in Oxfordshire with my kids before I return to DC

I’m writing this in a gas station (sorry, garage) on the edge of the A419 outside Swindon, accessing Substack off my phone’s hot spot, having just finished teaching an incredibly immersive and rewarding memoir writing day retreat near Cirencester. I love coming back to England, but frenetic is the word to describe it, and the last few days have been esp…