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Dallowaying

Dallowaying

An essay on Lit Hub exploring the simple joy of running errands and romanticizing everyday tasks, inspired by Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway.

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  • Sam
    SamFirst to rec

    “Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself! The purest pleasure in running errands and gathering all of your little things — picking up a library hold, getting provisions for the annual pot pie dinner, dropping a care package at the post office and choosing new stamps? you’re dallowaying! Dallowaying is anything as long as you’re lifted by the journey.”

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  • Treemiele
    Treemiele

    “Dallowaying is the mise en scene of gathering versus the chore of errand running. Choosing this mindset for so many more tasks.”

    6
  • Sarah Cooney
    Sarah Cooney

    “This is the season of dallowaying”

    3
  • Angie
    Angie

    “Love this, and love analyzing the notion in the context of the novel. ;)”

    2
  • eva h
    eva h

    “yes yes yes”

    1
  • Brigid
    Brigid
    1

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