Hey friends, I hope you’re hanging in there. This weekend I’m hoping to take Daisy on some long walks between the expected storms, start this all-too-timely audiobook I recently downloaded, and make Chicago-style pizza (again) with my ten-year-old.
I hope you have a wonderful weekend ahead of you.
My favorite finds from around the web:
- Traci of The Stacks Podcast is blowing up my TBR with her new list of 52 antiracist nonfiction books.
- The Day the Live Concert Returns. “There is nothing like the energy and atmosphere of live music. It is the most life-affirming experience, to see your favorite performer onstage, in the flesh, rather than as a one-dimensional image glowing in your lap as you spiral down a midnight YouTube wormhole. Even our most beloved superheroes become human in person.”
- I’ve used and loved this dry shampoo for YEARS and just finished my 10th or 11th bottle of it.
- Amid the Coronavirus Crisis, a Regimen for Reentry. “There is a fifth element to success: culture. It’s one thing to know what we should be doing; it’s another to do it, rigorously and thoroughly.”
- We Tried 10 Methods for Making Lemonade and Found One Clear Winner. My kind of research.
- I love the sunshine but my skin hates it: now that it’s suddenly summer I’m using this inexpensive hat practically every day. for product-free sun protection.
- Here’s How Time Works Now. This doesn’t even feel like satire.
- This giveaway ends soon! Enter for a chance to win an audio digital download of 2020 Summer Reading Guide pick The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner. (US only.) I first loved this in print and then ADORED the audio version read by Richard Armitage. This is our August MMD Book Club selection.
- We made this Chicago-style deep dish pizza in a cast iron skillet and it was AMAZING.
- Identifying Your Core Values. Don’t Overthink It got a nice shout out here!
Upcoming Event
Update: This event has been postponed to Wednesday, June 10 at 7pm Eastern.
Our next Stay at Home Book Tour session is happening Tuesday June 2 at 7pm EST! We’re hosting Abby Jimenez, author of the 2020 Summer Reading Guide selection The Happy Ever After Playlist.
These chats are 100% spoiler-free, so whether or not you’ve read the book, we’d love to see you there.
Don’t miss these posts:
- 10 beauty favorites I use (almost) every day. I look for reliable, dependable products that look good and go on easy so I can keep my morning makeup routine to three minutes or less.
- 11 juicy memoirs to toss in your beach bag this summer. Even if we can’t go to the beach this summer, these memoirs are worth reading.
- “You have to tell people what you’re interested in.” This is a good reminder.
Have a great weekend!
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Enjoyed the piece on time. The one part he got wrong was the length of a month—it’s now 45 days, didn’t you know? My husband and I have been amazed at how long every month, starting with January this year, has lasted. Never-ending!
Agree, but they are still inconsistent. March and April were about 90 days each but May was only 11.
Lemonade is delicious. Now I know what I am doing this weekend . . . . making lemonade concentrate. Thank you for the idea!
So glad you are starting Layla Saad. I imagine that it might be challenging on audio because one needs to do written work with this book. But also the author has a beautiful voice. Looking forward to your thoughts on this one.
I just looked for this book on Amazon, and the Kindle version is FREE with Amazon Prime membership!
Which book?
I’ll Insta you a picture of my chicago-style deep dish in a cast iron skillet. It’s becoming my new favorite pizza. Currently listening to Jane Austen Society. all the heart emojis ever.
Ooh, I love the detailed breakdown of various lemonade recipes! Sidenote: the link to the dry shampoo leads to regular phd “day” shampoo (though the dry shampoo shows up as an option in the “complete the look” suggestion underneath).
Thank you for these excellent and varied links. I especially liked the anti-racist book list and the advice about Little Free Libraries! I am going on to look at other ones now. Yay!
Loved the article about talking to people about what you’re interested in! I have first-hand experience with casual conversation leading to jobs 🙂 it’s amazing the shared interests you can find with people if you just jump in and find out what they are all about.
The article regarding reentry amid covid 19 is very helpful, while we are all trying to figure out how to safely manage reentry. Also, thank you for the list of anti-racist books! We have much work to do.
I just finished reading “The Glass Hotel” this week so I especially appreciated the interview with Emily St. John Mandel. I thank MMMD for turning me on to her in the first place — “Station Eleven” became one of my all-time favorite reads. I love the discoveries I’ve made through this site!
Sorry, I meant MMD. Somehow an extra M crept in there…
Just finished listening to Code Name Helen. I absolutely loved it! The audio version was fantastic. Can’t wait to “read” her other novels. It’s one of my favorite novels this year.
That hat makes me think I should become a hat person. My fair skin doesn’t love the sun either, so I should give it a try. I loved that antiracist book list, bookmarking it now. Thanks for sharing!
Anne, just a FYI: I use (and love) Living Proof dry shampoo, too! However, this post links the actual sudsy shampoo, not the dry one. 🙂
Thanks for letting me know!
Hi Anne!
The Chicago-style deep-dish pizza sounds amazing! I have a question about the recipe, though: Do you drain the can of tomatoes?
Also, I don’t have a cast iron skillet – any ideas? (maybe get one? LOL!)
I JUST today received a can of Living proof Perfect Hair Day Dry Shampoo that I had ordered because of another review elsewhere. So glad to hear that you also love it. Cant’t wait to try it!
I subscribe to your reading list and have found so many good books and some authors I never would have read. I look forward to seeing what you have to share with us. I hope it’s okay for me to say here (I didn’t see a private way to communicate) but I was THRILLED to see the photo of the tulips used on this post as it’s one of mine from Unsplash. It makes me so happy whenever I come across one of my photos. Thank you!
Deborah, I’m so glad you got to see your own photo! Thank you for the beautiful shot.