5 things for the weekend 22.28
commonplace books, garden craft, love reading again, catch these sales
I’m still on my salad kick. It’s just too hot to eat anything more complicated. This creation was pulled together by my husband the other day (fun fact: he does most of the cooking around here). Whoever is making the salads, we make sure that it includes greens, proteins, and good fats. What are you putting in yours?
5 Things
1. With the state of things these days (waves vaguely at everything), I know some are finding it hard to focus on reading. Vox outlines some ways to fall in love with reading again, when it feels like your brain has turned to mush.
2. The Kitchn tried Smitten Kitchen’s zucchini butter pasta and gave it the seal of approval. It sounds like another great summer meal!
3. Got a lot of random bits of information in your head that you can’t seem to keep track of? Try using a commonplace book. All you need to start is a notebook and a pen.
4. My family are big Wes Anderson fans, and if you are too, you’ll like this list of books that feel like one of his movies.
5. While you’re stuck inside why not make this lighthouse bird feeder from terracotta pots? You’ll eventually be able to use your garden again (right?), and you’ll have a cute decor piece to add.
What are you DoING?
I am:
Reading: Normal People
Listening: Burna Boy
Watching: Peaky Blinders
Making: back-to-school notebook
Loving: conversations with bookish peeps
and you?
News from the Callaloo Collective
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A number of my notebooks and journals are also on sale. Click here to see them all.
“There is something about the beach—about the quiet crash of water—that soothes her, something about the wide expanse of blue that makes her feel she is free.” - Cherie Jones, How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House
I love the idea of a commonplace book. I think I have kept one in some form or another since I was a teenager. Thanks for sharing the article about it. I love seeing other examples of them.
Hi, just seeing your link to my commonplace book article now - thanks!