Hey there, and happy world-of-Octobers-on-chalkboards-and-letterboards month! I do love me some October, even if itâs still summer-like temps in my neck of the woods for a few more weeks⌠This weekend weâre going to bedeck the porch with pumpkins and string up the bat lights in an effort to will autumn temps to stay.
The past few days thereâve been some fantastic saintsâ feast days on the liturgical calendar. Even though my Anglican side has long recognized the calendar, since becoming Catholic Iâve been made more aware of just how many greats throughout history have gone before us. Two weeks ago we remembered St. John Henry Newman (one of my faves as a former Anglican), last week was St. Jerome followed the next day by St. ThĂŠrèse of Lisieux â two amazing people who could not be more different, and earlier this week we recognized my main man St. Francis of Assisi.
(If what I just said sounds to you like Charlie Brownâs teacher and yet youâre curious, I find this simple calendar helpful, and the kids and I will listen to these episodes in the morning â theyâre around two minutes long.)

5 Quick Things âď¸
1. đ New episode of A Drink With a Friend! đ Seth and I continue our chat about screens with friend Erin Loecher â what does it look like in our homes to live sacramentally in a culture immersed in the digital world? Thereâs no one easy answer.
2. Iâm enjoying the ongoing converation Leah Libresco Sargeant is hosting on her newsletter about work and what it means in particular to women. What if we add value to our work by making it visible? What do we say about our work when rooms like our kitchens are intentionally set up like workshops?
3. Iâve long been fascinated by MihĂĄly CsĂkszentmihĂĄlyiâs theory of flow. Hereâs a nice primer + 8 things to do to increase your likelihood of working in a flow state.
4. Orange cardamom iced coffee. Yes, please.
5. And finally, for whatever reason I am captivated by these deep dives into the Edwardian years â such as how they prepared their farms for winter.
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The Great British Bake-Off is back, and already I want the win to be a tie between JĂźrgen and GiuseppeâŚ
Quotable đŹ
âOften the difference between a successful person and a failure is not oneâs better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on oneâs ideas, to take a calculated riskâand to act.â
â AndrĂŠ Malraux #
Inside The Commonplace âď¸
This week I shared a piece on skinimalism â and this morning I made it public so all of you can read it:
âOver the years I have scratched my head at the wonder of how modern society has lured many, many a smart woman I know into the belief that she needs a million potions and elixirs to be viewed as passable in public.
âŚWeâve become a culture where weâre defined by what we consume, use, endorse, and spend our money on, and Iâm afraid itâs left women bereft of everything thatâs better.â
I then share my oh-so-simple minimal skincare routine â head here to read the rest.
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Question For You to Ponder⌠đ¤
In what one small way can you take a calculated risk and act on one of your ideas?
Have a good weekend!
xo, Tsh