The Joy of Oiling Your Body

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"I wondered if whenever I'm in this position, which is often oiling cutting toenails. I will always think of toyed Derek at home in the undertaker's daughter," she said. "When you watch yourself in the mirror, oiling yourself like this, wrapping your arms around yourself, jostling yourself a little." She added: "It is easy if you decide it, which might be hard to let the oiling be of the baby you".

Welcome to the Wintering Sessions with Katherine May.

This week, Katherine talks to Ross Gay about finding delight in dark times.

Ross’s practice of writing down a daily delight - a small surprise or pleasure that might otherwise go unnoticed - is the foundation of The Book of Delights, his bestselling essay collection. Here, he talks about the way that delight can sit alongside our fear, anger, frustration and grief, not to block them out, but to find a way to survive them. Along the way, we touch on fleeting moments of human connection, the joy of tending a garden, and childlike art of noticing.

In a first for The Wintering Session, Ross closes with a beautiful reading that meditates on the softness of living in a male body.

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