When I turned twenty-six last month, I was aware that a big chapter in my life was coming to a close. Twenty-five had been a monumental year. My mother said once that I have always been twenty-five. Five going on twenty-five, sixteen going on twenty-five.
It is no wonder to me, then, that in many ways I found myself at this age. I found my writing voice, a new place in a new city. I even found (and lost) love, in various forms. Andmost importantly, I found myself and what it means to be me.
In re-reading some old entries, I decided to put together a list of some of the more defining posts of my twenty-fifth year. Twenty-five of them to be exact. Here they are:
On Love, Sex & Dating
Neverland
Maybe I was thinking of Bocce
In these Borrowed Clothes
Hypothetically Speaking
A Letter to Love
Azure & Coincidence
On Moving to New York
Benchmark
You Wish You’d Thought of it Sooner
Fish in the City
If the Shoes Fit
Fresh Eyes and a Sweet Face
On Writing
I Blog
A Lady Always Knows When to Leave
The Bastard on the Couch
Why I’ll Never Be a Novelist
Evolution of a Fish
On Being Me
I
People Who Need People
Just Your Average Morning
In These Shoes
In my Imperfection
Incongruent
ahh, I like when bloggers pick a list for us to read. Wonderful, every one.
Such a lovely birthday foto! My compliments to the picture-taker.
happy belated birthday! loved reading your fav. blogs from this year. cute picture, too. now how about a pic of sir hal?
Great idea- much better than the list that defines my 35th year on this earth which is “Dishes I tried to make from Cooking Light Magazine that cost me a LOT of Money and turned into Disasters because I only have 5 cubic inches of Counter Space”. Yes, am also requesting pic of Sir Hal.
Happy Birthday!
Thanks for the list, Miss Fish. That’ll be a little reading for me in the quiet moments back here in ruralsville when the parentals cave into their need for post-meal naps…
I hope you’re well and spangly!
A stunning collection of posts. In your 25th year you found an extraordinary voice — one that will get you published — and you’ve inspired blog crushes far beyond New York.
Lovely photo, lovely writing… I’m very much looking forward to reading the next chapter.
That is a Beautiful Picture!
happy birthday!
this year, let’s work on a new category. like, on things i was so drunk while doing that i only know what happened because of others’ recollections. happy late birthday!
You need to change your “about this fish” section to show your age… um, unless you’re one of those women who will be forever 25.
correct me if i’m wrong but you’re actually living your 25th year the day after you turn 24. but whatev.
Fish… you can be a novelist and have structure if you focus on the process and not the results. For e.g. you can write by time — one hour, two , three – every day and then STOP or by page – five pages a day, every day for e.g. (although I see you grooving on the time thing)
Happy Birthday, Fish. I’ve been reading/lurking for a while. Love your writing style. Thanks for the list — every single selection is moving in some way. And congrats, on all your milestones, big and small.
I discovered your blog a few weeks ago…I so enjoyed your collection here. A great way to learn more about You, and quicker than reading through all the archives (which I plan on doing, eventually).
Always nice to find a blog by an intelligent woman who also happens to be a fab writer. Many of those posts made me wonder how you came up with such cut-to-the-heart descriptions of things we all (at least I) think about, because they were so Me.
Happy belated birthday from a woman on the opposite coast who also turned 26 this year.