Take a seat around my kitchen table.
Start here.
Hi, I’m Monica. Things You’ll Love is where I share what I’m collecting: books, music, recipes, slow rituals, and small wonders. Think of it as my kitchen table. You’re always welcome here.
This publication is many things. It’s part love letter to small delights that make us pause and smile, part face-forward reckoning with the harder stuff. It’s a place to find a new recipe or song or artist or craft. It’s about joy and grief, loss and the immense gratitude of being alive.
And hopefully, it’s a place you’ll come to love as much as I do.
I grew up in community (literally, in a cult 🤣) around tables, in kitchens, in the kind of spaces where something is always simmering or baking. That sensibility is baked into everything I do.
I believe that to be human means to belong — both to belong in the traditional sense we mean that word and to “be-long(ing)” as in longing for something beyond the human experience.
I believe in radical generosity.
I believe in small acts of tenderness and kindness (NOT the same thing as niceness) that accumulate into something meaningful.
One more thing I believe about belonging: We don’t have to be okay to belong — and we don’t have to trauma-bond to find belonging either.
So this is a space where I don’t pretend, and hopefully you don’t have to either. It’s a space of nuance and delight, of joy and community.
Welcome.
I’ll never know when I’ll have someone to feed. This way I’m always ready.
What you’ll find here
A mix of things I collect along the way, that I share here in the hope of making your days a bit more joyful. Books, music, slow rituals and strange internet findings - like a cabinet of curiosities meant to awaken your sense of wonder.
Imagine this to be my kitchen table, where you’re always welcome to take a seat. Grab a spoon, explore, open the archive pantry whenever you need more — you’ll always find plenty. Leave a comment when something makes you smile, and share it with a friend.
If you love what you find here and would like to support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. I appreciate you.
A few ways to go deeper
Mindful Moments: 52 Prompts on the Sacred and Mundane is available and I’m delighted it’s in the world. If you have a copy, I’d love to hear how it’s helped you, and see a picture of it!
Strategy work: I work with a small number of people on business strategy. If that’s you, you’ll find more info on my website here
Book editing: I help writers shape their manuscripts. Reach out if you’re working on something.
~M