Smacksy Sunday Links

Art by Daniel

 

Why do we kiss at midnight on New Year's Eve?

How to recover when socializing has totally drained your battery.

End your year intentionally with these questions.

Be good tired.

A vision board. Why not?

Ways to support your mental health in 2024.

24 Things to declutter in 2024.

Ann Patchett shares her reading resolutions for 2024.

A list of lists of culture of 2023.

Another good list of lists.

Another list of lists.

A library list. (The most telling)

Gorgeous vintage holiday dresses courtesy of the Met Museum.

Brilliant good news.

And sea otters.

Happy New Year!

Smacksy Links

Simple shifts.

Dream big.

Moments.

Female rulers who deserve more recognition.

Reading parties.

About elves. 

Iggy Pop and Tom Waits on the BBC.

French truck stop food.

Rajiv wraps gifts.

PeeWee's Playhouse Christmas.

Fred Flintsone's Christmas Carol.

And polar bears.

Happy Christmas!

Smacksy Sunday Links

Sunrise

A desk in heaven.

Find humor in life's absurdities.

How to handle holiday burnout. 

Simple Christmas truths.

Behind the scenes facts about "The Holiday."

Downsizing without throwing anything away.

The ultimate guide to a no buy year.

Laurel Canyon's 1960s music mecca.

Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel.

Aerial embroidery.

And these reindeer.

Happy Sunday.

Smacksy Sunday Links

How to mindfully consume the news.

How a house fire taught me to live with less.

The world's most prolific film extra. (I thought that was me.)

This essay and the poem at the end.

Heavy things to leave behind.

How to spend the perfect Christmas in Paris.

Best reviewed books of 2023.

House of Wonders miniatures.

Water lily harvest.

And pandas in the snow.

Happy Sunday.

Smacksy Sunday Links

She's here.

When you have the sads.

All I got was this manicure.

When did you last hang out?

The taste of food on airplanes.

She's not waiting.

By this age you should know.

Having it together.

Fascinating facts about the Appalachian Trail.

Journey to the North Pole in a hot air balloon. 

About grace.

An interview with Annabel Simms.

Boutique hotels with beautiful libraries.

And fireflies.

Happy Sunday.