What are you up to this weekend? I’m taking a kid for her final college interview and hopefully finishing a good book (or two). And we might finally watch Jurassic Park—Will and I think our teens would enjoy it without being too scared of the velociraptors (are we wrong?).
I hope you have something to look forward to for these next few days, and that this collection of interesting reads and favorite things helps ease you into that weekend frame of mind.
My favorite finds from around the web:
‘He created something magical’: Calvin and Hobbes fans rejoice as creator plans first work in decades. (The Guardian) “Last week’s announcement of Watterson’s first major work in nearly 30 years – The Mysteries, a vibrantly illustrated “fable for grown-ups” – stunned fans and called for celebration.”
Don’t Make Your Bed First Thing in the Morning. (Lifehacker) I was delighted to come across this (slightly icky) advice, because the only place I’ve previously seen it mentioned is in this Cheryl Mendelson book on housekeeping.
Blessed, Blessed. (Slate) How do restaurants cope with instant success? A compelling look at the real life impact of a local restaurant critic’s rave review.
A Brief History of the Clinch. (Hazlitt) Romance covers continue to evolve, just like the genre.
Should Friends Offer Honesty or Unconditional Support? (The Atlantic) “To extend honesty, or anything else, to a friend is to run the risk of its rejection. But if it’s friendship of the closest sort that you are after, it’s a risk you’ll have to take.”
Target has some great spring wreaths right now! I especially love this Faux Gypsophila Wreath and this Faux Seeded Eucalyptus Wreath. Plus this Steel & Glass Plant Propagation Vase Set is adorable, and the price is right.
The Work Is Not Enough. (Culture Study) This is the relatable situation I’m texting with friends about this week.
At Random: The business of books and the merger that wasn’t. (Harper’s Magazine) A great overview of the thwarted Penguin RandomHouse-Simon & Schuster merger and the publishing industry in general.
At my last appointment my stylist was dismayed to learn I didn’t know what a shampoo brush was, and nudged me to get one immediately for my fine, thick hair. (Done: I got this one.)
At home with Jane Austen and Lord Byron: famous writers’ houses you can visit in the UK and beyond. Yes please!
My 15-year-old made us Smitten Kitchen’s green angel hair with garlic butter for dinner this week and it was **chef’s kiss.** (She’s cooking from Smitten Kitchen Keepers a lot lately.)
Why We Made Fewer Memories during the Pandemic. (The Walrus) It’s not just you.
Everything I Know About Romantic Love, I Learned From Bollywood Movies. (Refinery29) “While as an adult I don’t necessarily expect the over-the-top romantic love that you only see in movies, these films have instilled a lasting celebration of love in me and the idea that however love may come my way, I’m more than worthy of it.”
Right for right now:
9 books that changed my frame of mind about chores. Who wants to read books about chores?? I do!
Let’s talk about highly sensitive people. Learn what this term means and how it can help you better understand yourself and others.
25 expansive stories that follow a character across decades. How many times have you wished you could stay with a beloved character a bit longer?
Don’t Overthink It is turning 3!
Don’t Overthink It turns 3 on March 3! And we’d love for you to join us in celebrating by sharing a picture of your “flowers” on social. I’ll explain.
One of the book’s main themes is that when we stop overthinking, we can get out of our own way and bring more peace, joy, and love into our lives, and one of the stories I tell is about making a loose rule for myself to buy the $4 bouquet at Trader Joe’s. It’s a small thing that makes me very, very happy. (It also makes me happy that readers who’ve read the book often tag me in pictures of their own grocery store bouquets, saying they thought of me when they bought their flowers.)
There’s nothing magical about the Trader’s Joe bouquet; the point isn’t the flowers but what they represent. Maybe your thing is tulips; maybe it’s good pens, dark chocolate, or bubble baths.
Think on it, and then this week, would you show us your “flowers” on social? Whatever small thing brings you an outsized amount of joy: we’d love to see it. Share a photo in the coming week, tag me on Instagram (I’m @annebogel), and use the hashtag #buytheflowers so we can enjoy each other’s posts.
Thanks for celebrating with me! I can’t wait to see what you share.
Have a great weekend!
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I get a $3.99 petite bouquet every time I’m at Trader Joe’s. I do think of you, Anne!
I did as well – Lasted for two weeks!
Thrilled to read the article about NOT making your bed first thing. My husband thinks it’s weird but I’ve always felt like sheets need to air out before you put a heavy cover back over them so I refuse to make the bed first thing. I usually go make it mid-morning (in between work calls) AND I pull the covers even further back when I get out of bed in the mornings so that more of the sheets are exposed. Even if he has thought it was weird, he has humored me and will wait a few hours to make it, too. Nice to know there is science to back me up! 😉
Lastly, printed the green spaghetti and planning to make it this weekend!
The green pasta will be great for St. Patrick’s Day!
I never heard of a shampoo brush either. But looking at this link, I got one for Christmas and had no idea that’s what it was! 😂
Someone else with fine, thick hair?! (Mine is also very straight like yours!) Clicking on that shampoo brush right away! I have a such a hard time finding products/tools to work on my hair. Many things made for “fine hair” don’t work for me since I have so much of it!
I’m in the same boat, Emily!!! I almost gasped when I read “fine, thick hair.” 🙂 It’s nice to know there are others in this boat! I’m almost 40 and still don’t feel like I’ve figured out the most perfect haircut or tools/products for it, but lately I’ve enjoyed Gisou products a lot, and using a shampoo brush is amazing as well!
I knew about not making the bed first thing, although I thought it was just for the moisture that would be trapped, which is icky enough. Those pesky dust mites; as if it weren’t enough that I’m allergic to them when I sleep with my nose to the mattress!
And, sure, I think teens and Jurassic Park go together!! OF COURSE they are old enough! They will love it. I’m most teens saw it when it came out (as well as little kids!)
I’m *sure* most teens saw it
Hope they enjoy Jurassic Park! I first watched it when I was 5 years old (at a friend’s house, not with my parents’ permission, haha) and have been obsessed ever since — I am now 34. It stands up after all these years.
Good selection of links!
Several years ago i got to watch jurassic park in an imax theatre. The kiddo sitting beside us was probably 8-9 years old, seeing for the first time, and his loud, genuine commentary throughout the whole movie was AMAZING! TBH it would have been super annoying if it was a movie I hadn’t already seen a million times, but since pretty much the whole theatre but him knew what was going to happen (it was a later showing, mostly adults), we just laughed along.
“WHOA!”
“Don’t go in there!”
“THERES A DINOSAUR IN THE KITCHEN!!”
Hope you enjoy!
Hello, Anne. I look forward to your “Links I Love” email every week! I’ve never told you that, but today seemed like a good day to do so. It’s very rare that I don’t read every single one. They are always interesting and timely, it seems, for my life. Thank you. Please keep up the amazing work! I appreciate you.
I saw that article a couple of weeks ago on not making your bed right away and I’ve been trying that. The garlic butter green angel hair recipe looks amazing and I need to try it straight away! Last but not least, I am a highly sensitive person and two of my three children are highly sensitive. Thanks for the reading material on it. I will be sharing it with them as well!
As an hsp, there’s no way I’d be comfortable with the dinosaur movie- even if they aren’t real- it’s the intense situations and possibly screaming that would do me in.
Curious to know if your family did watch it, and what the teens thought. & I thank you for posting about delaying making the bed.
I made the green angel hair pasta for my grandsons at Christmas time. They insisted on calling it Grinch pasta because that was the movie we watched that night. I’ve made it several times since and it’s so fast and delicious.
I’ve always believed that “fine” and “thick” when referring to hair were polar opposites (I thought fine=thin). No? I would consider your hair straight and thick, Anne.
That sure sounds easier to care for! The strands are occasionally straight, incredibly thin (aka “fine” in this context), and I have a zillion of them (thus the “thick”). Not a complaint, exactly, but it does mean it’s hard to wash and takes FOREVER to dry.
I had to laugh when I saw that you have a copy of Home Comforts. I bought one shortly after it was first published and have loved it/hated it through the years . . . I learned things I never knew (but thought I should have known). So, after reading the above paragraph about dust mites and the book, I checked my Amazon account. This is what I found: You purchased a Hardcover format of this item on January 10, 2000. Goodness! It has been 23 years!
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