Kathy Patalsky - Notes
Notes is the audio home for the writing and voice of Kathy Patalsky - a Los Angeles writer, photographer, longtime internet creator, and cookbook author.
Short essays about motherhood, identity, creativity, ambition, pop culture, technology, and modern life - saying out loud the moments many people carry quietly.
Cinematic snapshots. Tiny personal essays. Shiny moments that catch the light and memories worth stepping back into.
Kathy Patalsky - Notes
Latest Episodes
first friends
Today’s note starts with a Band-Aid and ends with one of the biggest lessons parenthood has taught me: I can’t choose my daughter’s friends. I can only help her recognize what love, kindness, and safety feel like — and trust that she’ll find he...
summer camp
This was our first week of real summer camp - the kind with the big yellow bus and long days and tired happy kids coming home at dinner.I wasn’t sure it would feel like summer.Instead, I found myself loving the strange rhythm of i...
bike loop
Moving with a child feels different once you realize kids don’t only attach to homes. They attach to puddles, bike routes, neighborhood cats, cracked sidewalks, wind chimes, backyard sounds, and the invisible rhythms of daily life.In thi...