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5 Quick Things #246 π
walking everywhere, reading in the nooks, summery delights, & Plato's cave
Hello!
I hope youβve had a good week. Iβve got a very full Friday, starting in about 30 minutes and lasting more or less until dinnertime, mostly regarding an online conference about classical education Iβm participating in. It should be great!
Also, if youβre a Commonplace subscriber (and thank you!), Iβd love you to join this weekβs conversation about whatβs on your current Good List. Yβall have such good stuff to share.
Alrighty! Letβs get right to the links.
5 Quick Things βοΈ
1.Β π§ New episode of A Drink With a Friend! π§ It's good to remember the good things in life, especially when the news is heavy. And since art has a season, in this chat Seth and I share our summery music, movies, TV shows, and books weβre into right now βΒ because good art tells good stories, even when they're lighthearted. Also: it's time for our annual summer break! Weβll return with new episodes sometime mid-August.
2.Β Gracy Olmsteadβs work echoes so much of my sentiment about hyper-locality, really living where you live, and why place matters in a time when so much is done online. Her latest piece on her familyβs year without a car (with kids) hit on these ideas some more: βWalking teaches a child patience. Letβs be honestβit teaches adults patience! Weβve all grown accustomed to instant gratification when it comes to transportation.β
3. Finding time to read while parenting can be a monumental task, especially when youβve got littles. This new dad has some good ideas.
4.Β Spencer Klavan is a really smart dude, and his show Young Heretics often gives me a lot to think about. I liked this recent episode where he connects the dots between Platoβs allegory of the cave and Zuckerbergβs Metaverse (hereβs just the audio).
5.Β And finally, speaking of walking everywhere (see #2), this was both inspiring and a delight.
Currently Reading, Watching, Listening π
Jayber Crow, by Wendell Berry (listening to the audio version this go-round⦠super good)
Quotable π¬
βLook at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. Itβs not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; itβs a day youβve had everything to do and youβve done it.β
β Margaret ThatcherΒ #
Where would you most want to visit? π€
There was a method to my madness in asking last weekβs poll questionβ¦ Iβll let you know what that is soon! No matter, though, the results are interesting and confirmed an idea Iβve got. (Poor Turkey is there with less than a percentage; I guess the graph creator doesnβt warrant it worth a label there.)
Find this weekβs poll here.
Quick Links π
Question(s) For You to Ponderβ¦ π€
Who are you grateful for? How could you let them know this weekend?
Have a good one,
Tsh
p.s. A bunch of awesome things.
5 Quick Things #246 π
I based my response to last week's poll solely on how hot/uncomfortable the summer weather would be in each place (I voted for Scotland). π