The Language of War

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I like being in the garden but I'm also like the more I learn how to garden the more I'm sort of like realizing how much I actually want to be like working in the garden. And it's just like what if we put that aside and are kind of like huh what I wonder what you know clearly you thrive here like what else might thrive here. That can be a you know that can be a struggle. A lot of the language of gardening is the language of war. Yeah yeah and they also haven't known about their own gardens as well, which has been an interesting learning experience for me too.

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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