And we’re back! Happy New Year. Hope yours is off to a brilliant beginning. I took a two week respite, and while I enjoyed sipping tea and watching snow fall, I have to admit I was itchy to get back to creating here. I have so many ideas for 2025!
For next week, I have a post planned on how I use tarot and oracle cards… which might not be what you expect. As I’m typing this, I’m wondering, would paid subscribers be interested in a Zoom on this topic? Let me know!
And now, let’s start the year with a cozy TV Tiny Truth.
There’s so much to watch and so little of it makes me feel anything. So I was thrilled to find Netflix’s Man on the Inside. The plot is absurd: a retired professor gets a job with a P.I. firm and is sent to do surveillance inside an elder community.
Don’t let the silly premise fool you: this easy to watch, heartwarming romp subtlety explores aging, illness, and how the absence of one person irrevocably shifts a family’s dynamic. It’s the perfect antidote to a damp and chilly day.
Let me know what you think!
xx Maia
P.S. Are you a writer? I’ve been tracking how plot points and emotional plot points in a story are not necessarily the same thing. And how it’s actually the emotional plot points that make a story stick. Curious? Drop me an email to talk about book coaching or editing.
We *loved* Man on the Inside, perhaps because we are "elders" or perhaps because it was a romp without any pain. Either way, I just hope the 2nd season doesn't take so long to get here that we forget it.
Kaj
Bing watched "Man on the Inside" over holiday. Agreed, excellent series. Thoughtful, human, emotional and funny to boot. Getting my AARP card on Christmas Eve, not kidding, makes this a relevant topic and tender too. Nice to see elders in a lovely facility. Too bad they are not really like this one UNLESS your a professor from UC San Fran