January ending, a list: It doesn’t matter how much the sun comes through the windows laundry refuses to truly dry and this leads to questioning all my decisions up to this point in time—if I’m envious of one thing it is climates in which laundry will reliably dry to an easy crisp
Feb 2, 2022·edited Feb 2, 2022Liked by Ella Frances Sanders
"It is true that I mainly frequent the local bookstore to simply eavesdrop as people will say all sorts once they’ve forgotten you’re in the back browsing the second-hand shelves"
And with that, you've reminded me of one of the grestest joys of a bookshop, which I'd completely forgotten about. Thank you. I've recently been banging on in various bits of writing about how great coffee shops are for benign eavesdropping, which they are, but - the way bookshops tamp the sound down like a library but, as you say, let people's guard down to start murmuring the most fascinating & outrageously candid things at each other.....ahhh.
So now I'm wondering more about this. Where else? If this was turned into a BuzzFeed listicle (gnnnnn at the idea), where would be the 10 best public places to harmlessly listen in on other people's conversations in that way that fills you with empathic curiosity?
"It is true that I mainly frequent the local bookstore to simply eavesdrop as people will say all sorts once they’ve forgotten you’re in the back browsing the second-hand shelves"
And with that, you've reminded me of one of the grestest joys of a bookshop, which I'd completely forgotten about. Thank you. I've recently been banging on in various bits of writing about how great coffee shops are for benign eavesdropping, which they are, but - the way bookshops tamp the sound down like a library but, as you say, let people's guard down to start murmuring the most fascinating & outrageously candid things at each other.....ahhh.
So now I'm wondering more about this. Where else? If this was turned into a BuzzFeed listicle (gnnnnn at the idea), where would be the 10 best public places to harmlessly listen in on other people's conversations in that way that fills you with empathic curiosity?
Hmmmm.