Life has been pretty stressful lately. Factor in the mad news cycle — which made me cry at my desk twice last week — and I was desperately in need of a break. Luckily, I married someone with a passion for travel. So, this weekend, I:
* Traveled through New Hampshire and Vermont
* Stayed at a charming dead and breakfast
* Started reading a new Stephen King book
* Drank copious amounts of tea
* Ate waffles in the shape of skulls
* Visited two independent book stores
* Purchased three books and a new tarot deck
* Rarely looked at my phone
* Sat beneath a beautiful tree and enjoyed a cool, nearly autumnal breeze
* Ate a yummy slice of triple chocolate cake
* Watched a lovely murder mystery movie
* Worked on The End Files until dawn
2 Comments
Courtney Mroch
Oh Jade, I’m sorry the news made you cry, but I was also interested to hear this. I often wonder how you cope with the ever-drenching flood of news. Many, many years ago I remember having a call with you (maybe our only one?) and I said something about being disgusted by Fox News, and you were so cool, calm and collected in your reply. Not frazzled or anything. That made an impression and I’ve tried to handle news like you since. (But this happened like 20 years ago. So…times were different then.)
Anyway, I’m SO happy you and M recharged in such a marvelous way at the Dead & Breakfast (with skull-shaped waffles!) AND enjoyed a new King novel AND wasn’t that Thursday Murder Club fun? Hoping they make more of those!
Jade Walker
After 35 years in the news business, I’m pretty resilient. But last week, I had a triple whammy to cover (kids being blown up in Ukraine, kids being blown up and starved in Gaza and then the kids killed in the mass shooting in Minnesota) in a single night. Repeat the next day. When such events occur, you keep your cool and get the news out. But when it’s over, sometimes you break just thinking about all that needless suffering.
Getting away from it all for a while is necessary sometimes.