Smacksy Sunday Links

 

Going to synagogue is an act of courage.

Start your morning mindfully.

What to do every afternoon to sleep better at night.

How I became an early riser.

Ragtime gave us America's first music stars.

And this dog plays mailman in his town near the North Pole.

Happy Sunday.

Smacksy Sunday Links

Be the priority of your own life.

Where will you find quiet this winter?

Adulting in times of Covid 19.

Help fund services for black mothers in need.

A walk with Emily St.John Mandel.

Resolve to read.

This little cabin.

Clean your house in 20 minutes a day for 30 days.

Antoni from Queer Eye's cauliflower steaks.

And wild parrots.

Happy Sunday.

Smacksy Sunday Links

Joan Didion's fascinating article about Martha Stewart.

52 Things I learned in 2021

Love in the shape of cut fruit.

How to declutter your home when you don't want to.

Ways to slightly improve your life without even trying.

Inside a hollow library book - a secret library.

What's the best book of the last 125 years?

Party animals of the1920s.

And this baby panda.

Happy Sunday.

Smacksy Sunday Links

More or less resolutions you can start today to change your life forever.

To start a new habit make it easy.

Reasons to go to bed early.

Ave Maria sung in a stairwell.

Favorite little stories of 2021.

And Luna the horse delivers books in an Indonesian village.

Happy New Year. Happy Sunday.

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.