This letter is written by a real person

Hello friend,

Today, you get a little behind-the-scenes look

at the Sunday Letter.

I actually write it on Sunday mornings.

For me, that is part of its magic.

I wake up and ponder in my dark, cozy bedroom,

asking what I want you to know today.

Then I get up and arrange a little writing nest 

(in my favorite spot, on the couch in the living room)

with my creamy coffee on one side, and my dog, Kevin, on the other.

Most days, the message comes clear through my fingertips.

But not today.

Today, I got nothin.

So I suppose the thing for you to know

is that I am a Real Person.

Not a machine.

I don't have an On/Off switch.

I don't have a “Create" program I can run.

I don't have an “Inspire” setting.

And also, I don't want to pretend I do.

I won't copy/paste something I wrote some other time 

and pass it off as a fresh Sunday Letter. 

Because I suspect you'd feel it,

and I know I would.

So

I hope that me honoring my humanness  

will help you honor yours.

You and I, we're much more animal than machine. 

(Read this next line in Moira Rose's voice:)

Let us treat ourselves that waaaaay.

Off to the garden,

Natalie