somethings nice 5: necessary light

here's simple and happy

Welcome back to somethings nice. We are so close to the end of the year! My favorite time, because it means we’re near the beginning of a new one. Thanks for reading. Let’s dive in.

1a. “Between the Shadow and the Soul” by Lauren Groff (New Yorker)

And as she watched her husband, flushed, so beautiful, so shiny-bald, she understood with a stroke of clarit…