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

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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 

Smacksy Sunday Links

Landline. 

September is the other January.

Reevaluating my relationship with my phone and social media.

Books readers say are perfect. I agree about some of these.

Baby wrists.

They ditched their lawn for a wildlife haven.

Live within your means.

Bumblebees like to play.

And animals being released back into their habitats.

Happy Sunday

Smacksy Sunday Links

8 Ways to become a nicer person.

Don't finish that book.

Jewelry lessons I learned from my southern grandmother.

Child's pose.

What to say to someone who is dying.

Song at Capri.

Simple ways to feel better.

Porch snacks.

How to pick a good tomato.

And I will always vote - get a dog.

Happy Sunday.

Smacksy Sunday Links

I had to choose between my head and my heart.

Snacks and coffee will help.

All this staring at our faces is messing with our heads.

I love Nancy's Substack.

Helen of Troy and the perception of beauty.

The grief iceberg.

Samantha Morton.

The glorious burden of stockpiling little glass jars.

Forgetting the book is not proof that you failed it.

New images of the sun.

15 Most beautiful beach towns.

And scenes from the 2026 dog surfing championships.

Happy Sunday

Smacksy Sunday Links

Yield to the reality of the sublime.

On grief and the endless barter for time. 

Rest peacefully, Glen Hansard.

The comforting resurgence of Grandma Hobbies.

Her Odyssey translation.

An ode to vintage book design.

Turkish breakfast.

The live shark cam at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

And winners of the International Pet Photography Awards.

Happy Sunday