What’s on your agenda this weekend? We’re hanging around the local area — perhaps playing cards on the porch, maybe a boys’ sleepover. I’m also aiming to organize a few closets, which always brings a meditative and pleasing vibe, right? Wishing you a great time, and here are some links from the web…
Women in the art world.
A conflict specialist advises viewing conflict as an investment in your partnership. “We often view conflict as adversarial, but it can actually be extremely prosocial. So, quite simply, it’s checking in to see, Do I value this relationship? And paradoxically, if I do, let me engage.” (NYTimes gift link)
This shirt became my go-to while traveling through Scandinavia. (See the photo evidence.)
What frustrates Will Ferrell about Swedes, haha.
Mothers open up about their messages and online searches during their hardest days — an intimate look at postpartum anxiety and depression. (Marie Claire)
Do or don’t: serving salad on the same plate as dinner.
Remember this iconic sweater? It’s making a return with a twist.
Films and books about discovering beauty in daily moments. “Naturally, most films and books focus on everyday instances…but the films I mention below savor the little things with greater emphasis… they’re honored with a gentle, tender warmth that says, this counts.”
A garden tomato spritz.
Curious: Have you ever tried a multi-functional hair tool? My beauty friends swear by them.
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library sends a complimentary book monthly to any enrolled child, from birth until five years of age: “By the time of her passing, the Imagination Library had grown to send 270 million books to children across five nations.” Instead of flowers, her family requests donations. xoxo
Hahhahaha.
Plus, two reader comments:
Mel remarks on four enjoyable things: “I’m in the relaxed stage of summer where I just crave flowy dresses and oversized tees. A while back, I started upsizing all my shorts by one size, and wow if that wasn’t the best choice ever.”
Katie shares on a tribute to middle school: “A friend and I once skipped a school day for skiing. While having lunch in the lodge, who do we spot but our three science teachers, clearly skipping school as well! We all exchanged glances, they nodded and kept moving. None of us mentioned anything the following day in class. I still chuckle about that.”
(Photo by Alvara Lavin/Stocksy.)
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