Smacksy Sunday Links

 

Anne Carson, Nobel Prize in Literature 2026.

Human or machine.

If you're uncomfortable with stillness.

Any Human Ever.

Saying your truth.

Take your Hon and shove it. (With a cameo by me)

Librarians on libraries.

Retire like it's 1999.

I love regency inspired runway looks.

October, Robert Frost.

Searching for the last dance of old Berlin.

And Stella and Mabel are back.

Happy Sunday

Smacksy Sunday Links

 This bird barrette.

Difference is possible.

Jobs that existed only because there was no electricity.

Tips on giving good advice.

On joy.

Grippage.

Finding steadiness when the ground feels shaky.

Is it too soon to start our new year's resolutions?

Does fall really make us want to change our lives?

Tips to make hosting easier.

The night sky is getting 10 % brighter every year.

When I miss my walk.

Autumn like the French do.

She downsized from 3,100 square feet to 310.

And this animal teamwork.

Happy Sunday

Smacksy Sunday Links

How to make difficult decisions according to philosophy.

How to build an inner life in an age of infinite input.

Lessons from a dandelion. 

Six lessons from Sense and Sensibility.

The human habits that still matter.

The amazing life of a 101-year-old art warrior.

Things she learned in art school.

Spooky magazines, books, and tarot decks.

This 345-square-foot NYC apartment.

Are clothes actually worse now? 

And winners of the bird photography of the year.

Happy Sunday

Smacksy Links

Saying goodbye to Annie Dillard.

What are we doing to our world of wonder?

The case for rest.

Giving good advice.

96 Years young with 48 years of sobriety.

Fun life stats.

Tracey Steer and why your heart beats so fast.

Love and dresses.

When your town needs a bookstore. 

6 Cover art trends.

National Book Award long lists.

How to decorate mail.

And a prairie dog nail trim.

Happy Week.

Smacksy Sunday Links

We wanted to win for the city.

Embrace a small September.

Ordinary abundance.

A missive from late season fishcamp.

An ode to the ampersand.

Things to write in a card for every occasion.

Quotes about transition.

Rather.

And kissing rescue center dogs.

Happy Sunday

Smacksy Sunday Links

                                   Martha AKA Marvin Louise Gardens

Remembering Gloria Steinem.

Why anxiety is rising and what actually helps.

"The Real Work" by Wendell Barry.

Reading over coffee in the morning could sharpen your focus all day long.

More about your coffee.

Mental load.

What's in season.

Yay for more Sharon Horgan.

Dahlias of SF.

And she drives a bus for dogs.

Happy Sunday

Smacksy Sunday Links

Good Gutter

Long live Dolly Parton, giver of books. 

Summer Grass.

Peaceful films and books about finding beauty in everyday moments.

The high priestess of the ordinary.

I wear my grief like an ill-fitting coat.

The life you're rushing through is the only one you get.

All things love. And small good things.

It once rained for a million years.

99 Things money can't buy.

The mental habits we practice the most.

Clutter is often guilt made physical.

How 'Abbott Elementary" pulled off its big Phillies game episode.

And wild horses of America.

Happy Sunday