a garden in riotous bloom
Beautiful. Damn hard. Increasingly useful.
"Every goodbye leads to a hello" 
27 October 2020 12:44 - "Every goodbye leads to a hello"
rosefox: "I love what I do" -> "because" -> "I'm good at what I do" -> "because" -> "I love what I do" etc. (work-good)
After 13.5 amazing years, I'm leaving Publishers Weekly. My last day is November 3.

(Let's hope it's someone else's last day on the job as well.)

It's been a really good run. I'll miss my colleagues and reviewers so much; there have been a lot of tearful emails and phone calls over the last week. But it's time.

I'm beyond thrilled to announce that I'm joining the PCMag team as a managing editor. I'm especially happy to be working with Wendy Sheehan Donnell, a superb editor, and with my high school buddy Sascha Segan. Tech has always been just as much a part of my life as books, and I'm looking forward to diving back into that world.

For the first time since 2002, I get to just read books and have my own opinions about them. How fucking wild is that?

The ad for my job at PW is posted here. If you're interested, please email me at rose@booklife.com for more details.

It's a pretty weird time to be sharing good news, especially such BIG good news. But I'm so happy to have something good in my life, and I think it's important to talk about good things in hard times. If there's goodness in your life, large or small—even just something you ate that was tasty or something you saw that was pretty—please share in the comments. I'd love to hear about it.
 
27 October 2020 17:50
sonia: Quilted wall-hanging (Default)
Yaaaay, congratulations! Thank you for sharing your good news.

I have daily good things, like a safe place to live and good food and a garden. And it is a gorgeous cold sunny fall day and the leaves are just glowing out there.
27 October 2020 18:05
princessofgeeks: (Default)
This is wonderful; congratulations!
27 October 2020 18:18
yarrowkat: original art by Brian Froud (Default)
congratulations!

good things here in the last week - we got the whole garden in before it snowed, it snowed (it hasn't precipitated in ~2 months, so this wet stuff is all pretty great), i have a lovely new desk to work on in greater comfort at home.
27 October 2020 18:27
gingicat: deep purple lilacs, some buds, some open (Default)
Congratulations!
27 October 2020 18:30
oracne: turtle (Default)
Congratulations again.
27 October 2020 18:31
julian: Picture of the sign for Julian Street. (Default)
Wow, yay! Congratulations and I hope it starts well, and that PW is ending well.

Goodness on my end... Well, I had classic gallstone symptoms, went to the hospital, and they discovered my gallbladder was necrotic and "soupy" and falling apart, so that got removed this weekend. This is my first experience with major surgery, so it's fascinating and weird and my body is an interesting place.

There's a wonderful view out my window just now of very blue sky, dark green tree, and a bright yellow one set against the green.

I had *really* good applesauce just now, which seems like a minor thing, but it had cinnamon and nutmeg and that great apply taste.


27 October 2020 19:06
kailing: self portrait of me in front of my bedroom door, with purpled [and blued] hair, being very heart shaped (Default)
congratulations! always fantastic to hear good news, but especially in hard times.
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due in part to a house fire this year [and subsequent insurance payout], we are in process of buying a house in Baltimore. it's a big change, but the garden is fantastic, and i have hope the entire thing will be as well.
27 October 2020 19:52
kass: Siberian cat on a cat tree with one paw dangling (Default)
I'm so glad to hear of good things!
27 October 2020 20:38
minoanmiss: A detail of the Ladies in Blue fresco (Default)
Congratulations! Honestly, good news is extra welcome in these dark days.
27 October 2020 20:52
james: (Default)
Congratulations on moving to a new, awesome job you're excited about!
27 October 2020 22:22
sartorias: (Default)
Wow, how exciting!

Good luck with this new opportunity!

Good things: jello cooling in the fridge, made with pomegranate juice; my old dog with dementia is with daughter; good things to read and to view. Good friends.
27 October 2020 23:21
julian: Picture of the sign for Julian Street. (Default)
Your *dog* had dementia, too? That's an unkind irony, universe.
28 October 2020 00:48
sartorias: (Default)
Has. Marijuana helps.
28 October 2020 01:54
julian: Picture of the sign for Julian Street. (Default)
Sorry, my past tense was mostly meant to indicate s/he no longer lives with you.

And -- huh! Interesting. Is it put in their food? (Or should I not poke at this?)

28 October 2020 02:15
sartorias: (Default)
It's OK--I'm trying not to highjack someone else's blog. Drops in Peanut butter on a cracker, takes the edge off sundowning a great deal.
27 October 2020 23:20
runicmagitek: (keep the skies clear together; ow)
Congrats on the new job!! 🎉💕
28 October 2020 02:05
ironed_orchid: watercolour and pen style sketch of a brown tabby cat curl up with her head looking up at the viewer and her front paw stretched out on the left (Default)
Wow, that's big news!

I hope the adjustment period goes super smoothly.

My days are filled with small joys.
28 October 2020 07:32
azurelunatic: Vivid pink Alaskan wild rose. (Default)
I am learning how to make butter chicken! So far I have had a few successes and a recoverable disaster.
28 October 2020 19:40
wcg: (Default)
Conga-rats! Here's hoping it's everything you hope for.
28 October 2020 23:16
cutieperson: (Default)
Congrats!!!

It is weird to have good during all the chaos of the world and our country, but it's what will help us survive.
I got a fancy new job title to go along with the work I'd been doing (Chief of Operations), I've managed to actually save a decent amount, and I stumbled into an incredibly solid, heartwarming relationship towards the beginning of everything shutting down.
29 October 2020 19:35
CONGRATS! this sounds like an exciting change, and good news is so welcome these days :)
1 November 2020 20:34
sfred: Fred wearing a hat in front of a trans flag (Default)
Belated reply - I hope your last few days go OK!

[personal profile] djm4 and I had a lovely walk through local, autumnal woods yesterday.
2 November 2020 02:50
mousetrout: (Default)
Congratulations! That's amazing, and well-deserved.
2 November 2020 16:43
meltygarden: (Default)
Congratulations! It sounds like a fresh new start, and very welcome indeed. I hope you love the new place, too.
3 November 2020 22:01
andreas_schaefer: (Default)
happy to hear
5 November 2020 17:48
magid: (Default)
Congratulations!

A small happy: walking around late in the afternoon, as little kids went out costumed on the 31st, and seeing a trio of parents all dressed as Justice Ginsburg.
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