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5 Quick Things #227 πββοΈ
painting on porches, protecting margins, craving silence, & breaking the sameness
Because I know youβre all on the edge of your seat about thisβ¦ I officially began planting in the garden this past week and I couldnβt be happier to be back in the dirt! π©βπΎ I planted some potatoes, lettuce, onions, and carrots (using this weird method βΒ weβll see), and my baby tomatoes and peppers are starting to sprout indoors. Our last frost day is March 1 and weβve already had some days in the 70s, so itβs admittedly a bit late to plant some of this stuff. But I donβt mind β I like experimenting and seeing what happens.
In other news, Iβve got the dog on the left side of me and the cat on the right, and both are wondering why Iβm using my fingers to tap on a keyboard instead of to pet them. The dogβs giving me puppy eyes and the catβs giving me evil eyes, and I just donβt know what to tell them. πΆπ± Sorry, animalsβ¦ Iβm typing.
Also, I hope youβre playing Worldle alongside Wordle.

5 Quick Things βοΈ
1.Β π New episode of A Drink With a Friend!Β πΒ As friends do, in this episode Seth and I come to table to talk about whatever. Like the nerds we are, we end up talking about Romantic poetry, the end of the world, and more. Pull up a chair and join in!
2.Β If you read one thing this week, let it be this. Beautiful.
3.Β βMargins on a page can seem like wasted space (wouldnβt it save trees if we wrote or printed across the whole page?), but all that blank space helps us to read and take in information. We need the blank spaces. We need moments when we get no input, no news, no videos, no memes, no opinions. We need moments when we space out, daydream, when our minds go blank.β Well said. (NYT)
4.Β Iβve never before thought of the cause of burnout being an oversaturation of sameness, but I completely resonated with this.
5.Β And finally, anyone want to renovate an abandoned 16th-century, 15-bedroom Italian palazzo filled with stunning frescoes? Iβm busy with my own little fixer-upper cottage, but if you take the plunge, invite me over and Iβm there.
Currently Reading, Watching, Listening π
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, by Jonas Jonasson
Bitter & Sweet βΒ In Person! π
Note: The date for this event has been changed due to inclement weather! βοΈ // If youβre in the Central Texas area, join me and my good friend Haley Stewart this Thursday, February 24 next Thursday, March 3 at 7:00 pm at Fabled Bookshop in Waco! Weβll talk about Lent, the liturgical calendar, Bitter & Sweet, and whatever else is on your mind βΒ itβll be a casual gathering with drinks and friends. Itβs free! And Iβd love you to be there.
Quotable π¬
βMy personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.β
β Edith SitwellΒ #
Quick Links π
Join me + Haley Stewart this Thursday at Fabled Bookshop in Waco
Travel with me + Seth & Amber Haines to Tuscany, Italy: July 23-August 2
Question For You to Ponderβ¦ π€
What was your favorite thing to play as a child? Is there a grown-up version of that you can do this weekend?
Have a great weekend,
Tsh
5 Quick Things #227 πββοΈ
Okay what is worldle? I clicked the link. Geography scares me! I really did not pay attention in school to history/geography. Iβm good at Wordleβ¦English is definitely my thing.