Smacksy Sunday Links

Holiday Lights at Descanso Gardens

What we really want.

Daily habits to change your life forever.

Setting financial goals.

Interstitial ritual.

Decluttering Christmas decorations.

Get rid of your sentimental junk.

The surrealist magical mystery of Leonora Carrington.

And hamsters.

Happy Sunday.

12th Annual Bob's 99 Cent Store Holiday Shopping Trip (*Spoilers for immediate family)

We're twelve years in with this shopping extravaganza. Since Bob was three. Bob is now fifteen-years-old. Is it still happening? You bet.

Bajan (Jeff's Mom): Faux shearling infinity scarf  "For a cozy neck"

Pops - Wood-Look Travel Water Bottle "Since Pops likes hiking and climbing those stairs at the park. He loves those stairs. I went with him once. It was not love for me."

Jen - USB Plug-In Personal Fan "I know she's at her computer a lot. So for when she's doing that. In the summer."

Me - Scented Christmas Candle With a Drawing of a Red Station Wagon With a Tree Tied on Top "Look, Bob. This red station wagon reminds me of our old car." "Oh, yeah. Me too. Mom can you look away and go to the next aisle please? And whatever you do, don't look back."

Mr. Rosenberg - Can of Spicy Peanuts "Dad loves nuts and spicy things. This says it's really spicy. Betcha dad won't even think it's spicy. A thing has to be REALLY spicy for him to start sweating on his head."

MeeMee (My Mom) - 5" Ceramic Santa Gnome "She needs more decorations for sure."

Aunt Jill - Large Sparkly Unicorn Ornament "Does she like horses? This one's kind of weird, but I like it."

Wishing you a holiday filled with gnomes and unicorns. Merry Christmas. 

Smacksy Sunday Links

A four-minute Ted Lasso animated holiday short.

Writers pay tribute to bell hooks.

Is it always going to be like this now?

How to (politely) deal with unwanted gifts.

Why therapists are worried about mental health right now.

About Wu Wei.

Making the holidays meaningful.

Things you definitely won't need this year.

Do less, a short guide.

After 110 years, an overdue book is returned to a library in Idaho.

Poem a day.

And baby reindeer.

Happy Sunday.

Smacksy Sunday Links

 

The books.

12 Ways to beat the winter blues.

How immigrant parents say I love you.

Home Alone fans are still casing the iconic house.

The perfect long weekend itinerary in Rome.

Who owns a recipe?

The secret lives of cowboy poets.

A pantry clean-out.

And a favorite - penguin babies.

Happy Sunday.

Sunday Links

 

Grace, courtesy and soccer.

Things you can get rid of without ever missing.

It bears repeating this year, clutter-free gift ideas.

How Memphis created the nation's most innovative public library.

Let's dance.

Redemption for Doctor Watson.

Plants and flowers with a gorgeous glow.

And this wildlife photography.

Happy Sunday,