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5 Quick Things #244 π
bookshelves, dinnertime philosophy, ambitious roosters, & keeping it local
Hi there,
Anyone else feel that weird phenomenon Iβm dubbing βpanic-pleasure readingβ? Itβs finally the time of year when you can read with more leisure, perhaps enjoy more lighthearted themes and plots, and generally turn the pages while your toes are metaphorically or literally dipped in cool water βΒ and you feel a weird panicky urge to make the most of it, which means you ultimately donβt? You know this season is short so you sense a frenetic need to plow through your TBR stack, even though this isnβt a homework assignment. Instead of enjoying your favorite pastime, you barrel through it like itβs a workout. β¦Whatβs up with that? π€·ββοΈ Itβs just reading. β¦Hopefully weβve got plenty of time.
My week has been blessedly light, so Iβve been doing my best to pleasure read sans the panic, harvest the garden before it becomes Scorched Earth around here, and enjoy a Pimmβs Cup or three. Howβs your week been?

5 Quick Things βοΈ
1.Β π§ New episode of A Drink With a Friend! π§ It's now my turn to give an update on my six-month challenge: what Iβve learned living as best I can in a 100-mile radius. Seth and I talk about the importance of subsidiarity, reorienting our priorities, finding community IN an actual community (vs. online), and doing it all imperfectly. Is living locally worth the effort?
2.Β Myles Werntz (who recently wrote a guest piece here) said on his own Substack what Iβve wanted to put into words but couldnβt. βAre online communities communities? Until further notice, Iβm staying with no, for a few reasons.β What makes IRL an actual community, something the internet canβt replace?
3. What do our bookshelves say about us? I weirdly think about this quite a bit. βWhat I show on a bookshelf these days is less and less about an imaginary self that I wish I could or should be.β
4.Β A good collection of best-of parenting advice. β¦I think I agree with most of it, especially the eighth on the list.
5.Β And finally, here are five things you probably need to hear (#4 made me nearly spit out my coffee).
Currently Reading, Watching, Listening π
Damnation Spring, by Ash Davidson
Quotable π¬
βI insist that the object of all true education is not to make men carpenters, but to make carpenters men.β
β W.E.B. DuboisΒ #
Poll #1 π€
Share your opinion here.
(Starting a new feature of 5QT, just for funβ¦)
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Question(s) For You to Ponderβ¦ π€
What one thing could you do today to make the rest of your weekend better?
Have a great weekend,
Tsh
5 Quick Things #244 π
Even though we lived in the UK for a few years, we had never tried a Pimm's Cup until you mentioned it last week. Had them for Father's Day and they are a new summer fave!
It has been a craaazzzy week where I work. (Library). We made the news and not in a good way. Emotional and scary. Our board of trustees voted to remove Pride displays in our childrens rooms. That did not go over well. Two days later it was reversed. And that did not go over well.
Iβm glad itβs the weekend.