Hey there,
Just so you know, as I type this I have our new cat Violet resting her head on my wrist, rendering her a bobblehead as I move my fingers across the keys. Sheβs entirely nonplussed and happily snoozing. I want to be annoyed, but then I look at her tiny pink nose and find it impossible.
Speaking of new animals, we also just added four new young chickens (pullets-almost-full-hens, basically) to our backyard coop βΒ fingers crossed for eggs by Easter! Sadly, the neighborhood nemesis raccoon recently made a feast of our previous girls. Kyle has since double-downed on our coop security, making me wonder if Iβll actually be able to retrieve said eggs once theyβre available. It looks Oceanβs Eleven-esque.
A man walks through the snow in Muswell Hill in London, England. #
5 Quick Things βοΈ
1.Β Today, Seth & I talk aboutΒ the thing we often think of as extra or "nice to have" but isn't essential βΒ yet we both have found otherwise. (So have other smart people throughout the ages, so we're in decent company.)
2.Β Pair the episode with this piece on why beauty is not in the eye of the beholder βΒ βA society that canβt talk sensibly about beauty will inadvertently condemn itself to ugliness.β
3.Β I love these thoughts on why sea shanties are so popular right now.
4.Β Iβve started doing the 5-Minute Journal this year, and so far itβs weirdly effective (and I had my doubts). Here are the questions included, if you want to give them a go.
5.Β And finally, I recently chatted with Jesse Carey on his show List It, where I ranked the five small, daily habits that give me the most bang for their buck. It was fun!
Currently Reading π
Work Optional, by Tanja Hester
Quotable π¬
βIf you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, donβt hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty of lives and whole towns destroyed or about to be. Still, life has some possibility left. Perhaps this is its way of fighting back, that sometimes something happens better than all the riches or power in the world. Whatever it is, donβt be afraid of its plenty. Joy is not made to be a crumb.β
β Mary OliverΒ #
Elsewhere π
Have a good weekend!
xo, Tsh
p.s.Β Still doing this ten-minute quick yoga (or βquogaβ as I call it) almost every morning, and three years later it hasnβt steered me wrong. In case you need an easy excuse to move.