5 Quick Things #196 đ
camping love, 1985, Mr. Collins, & alive people
Hey there,
How are you? Weâre going camping for the weekend, heading out in a few hours â and if youâre like me, you enjoy camping once youâre there. The prep work on the front end (and sometimes on the back-end return) sometimes feels so heavy it outweighs the ROI, but weâre always glad weâve made the effort once weâve settled into our campsite. After I hit send on this letter, Iâm off to start packing.
Weâre officially going only an hour away to test out our new-to-us camper, which we bought after almost two decades of cross-country camping (and it has been on my wish list for ages!). Itâs nothing fancy and itâs a pop-up, which isnât my preference, but I do prefer not having to buy a gas-guzzling big truck to have to pull a non-popup trailer. This gem can be pulled from our regular family vehicle, and we bought it from a fellow nomadic-loving family who took excellent care of the thing. Iâm excited. This weekend is only a short jaunt from our driveway, but in a month weâll be taking it up to our beloved Pacific Northwest. đ

5 Quick Things âď¸
1. đ New episode of A Drink With a Friend! đ Recently Seth & I talked about artists who arenât alive literally but still are, in a way, through the great art they left us. As a compendium, today we share the artists currently very much alive and are making all our lives better. The criteria? Artists who arenât as commonly well-known, as well as people who arenât out to make a name for themselves as an Influencer⢠or ThoughtLeaderâ˘.
2. I didnât even know most of these podcasts existed, but Iâm still fascinated by the genre â hereâs a ranked list of podcasts hosted by stars who recap their old shows. (Do you listen to any of these? Do tell! Iâm curious.)
3. Continuing this seeming trend of Things I Didnât Know, I also didnât know so much pop culture debuted in 1985.
4. What thoughtful fathers could learn from Mr. Collinsâ lack of self-awareness: âA good father should remind himself from time to time that no one tells the Mr. Collinses of the world they are conceited and pompous. The Mr. Collinses of the world must discern this truth all on their own.â
5. And finallyâŚÂ If youâre working on a project or heck, just thinking a new thing, the ever-wise Seth Godin has five useful questions for us. Definitely journaling through these today.
Currently Reading, Watching, Listening đ
Orthodoxy, by G.K. Chesterton (a reread that I appreciate much more now that Iâm older â reread classics, yâall!)
Quotable đŹ
âTo plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.â
âAudrey Hepburn #
From inside The Commonplace đĄ
If youâre a paying subscriber of this place (and thank you, as always!), this week youâve got a new episode of The WRLD at Home â lower your stress levels with a walk and an audio escape to hidden gems in America + the wilds of Iceland.
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Question For You to Ponder⌠đ¤
What are three things youâre grateful for today? (tip: write them down.)
Have a good weekend!
xo, Tsh
p.s. Currently on my eye via Etsy: this, this, this, this, and this. (tip: support local artists!)