I didn’t enjoy brushing my dog with a regular dog brush. I started digging around on the internet hoping someone invented something better: HandsOn Animal Gloves. My dog LOVES when I brush her with these! (Yes, they look hideous.)
Baggy Alphabet Pants
I totally want a pair of these baggy alphabet pants in my size. Put them on your little ones!
Towel Rack with Shelf
This Towel Rack with Shelf is a minimal beauty.
Svea Bag Green
This generously sized carry-all Svea Bag by Stutterheim makes my heart go pitter patter. It’s out of rubberized-cotton material! Want!
Smile Socks
These Smile Socks are so good. (Also come in white)
The World
“You don’t see the world as it is – you see the world as you are”.
– The Talmud
Self-Help Singh
This made me laugh. (And think.)
The American Scam
“Everyone knows how productive you can be when you’re avoiding something. We are currently experiencing the civilizational equivalent of that anxiety you feel when you have something due the next day that you haven’t even started thinking about and yet still you sit there, helplessly watching whole seasons of mediocre TV or compulsively clicking through quintillions of memes even as your brain screams at you — the same way we scream at our politicians about guns and abortion and climate change — to do something.”
It’s Time to Stop Living the American Scam, by Tim Kreider
Can glassware make you happy? These Lateral Object Gradient Glasses sure do.
Books
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero
Hidden Gems
What website is a hidden gem?
— Brian Feroldi (🧠,📈) (@BrianFeroldi) June 26, 2022
Click through to discover gems of websites.
The Last Human
Kevin Kelly Tweeted about this short animation. Well worth a watch.
Feeling Nameless Feelings
“Consider that collectively, we are in a place where many of us are feeling nameless feelings right now. It is possible that years down the line, we may have to create new words to describe what we were feeling in this space. Some of the words we use to describe what we’re experiencing right now just might not feel like enough… and maybe, that’s okay… because we have never been here before. This is all brand new, and maybe, in time, the words will need to be new, too.
Perhaps, feeling what you need to feel is a process… and finding the language for those feelings is a process, too.”
Link Pack
I am crushed by the rulings of the Supreme Court this week. Especially the overturning of Roe vs Wade. No, we are not ok. What can you do?
– Saving these questions, especially “Would they miss you if you stopped?”
– Kevin Kelly: The Need for World Government
– How TikTok triggered a books revolution
– This made me smile: A choir of Spring onions
– “According to the study, published in the journal De Economist (paywall) on April 26, there are two types of creativity that can blossom at different points in a person’s life.” The two types of creativity that peak at different ages
– I would give these minimal wall mounted cabinets a loving home, as bedside tables. Or multiples, in one continuous line, across the wall in my living room. Yes please.
– This is a lovely print. And there are so many more on Juniper.
– The 6 Very Best Fertilizers for Houseplants
– I keep coming back to this one: “The point is, when you’ve been conducting your working life at the speed of a freight train, it takes quite a long time to roll to a stop and/or point yourself in a new direction—toward a new way of being, living, and working.” Confessions of a Burnt Out Over-Achiever
– Hey New Yorkers, Fresh Catskills delivers locally farmed food to your doorstep. Love it!
_ Must remind myself to Breathe.
– Beautiful talk: Reading as a way of living by Dev Aujla. If you love books you’ll love this talk. (My favorite CreativeMornings/NYC talk to date.)
Laundry Symbol Poster
Useful and cool looking: Laundry Symbol Poster.
You in Action
“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expression. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open…”
– Martha Graham
One Time Secret
My super-smart developer friend John told me about One Time Secret. It helps you keep sensitive info out of your email and chat logs. Helpful!
PS: Apparently you can send one-way secret messages through Slack as well.
Something More Concise
“I want something more concise, more simple, more serious; I want more soul and more love and more heart.”
– Vincent van Gogh
Jellygummies
This is by far the weirdest website I have come across in a while. Delightfully weird! Click through to see why.
Pleasure in Work
“When we find pleasure in our work, we see how jobs and tasks, even ones that are challenging or difficult, can be done with purpose and engagement. Work, a necessary component of life, has the potential for both ecological responsibility and a sense of dignity. Finding pleasure in our work guides us in two ways: it helps us recognize personal work that is inspiring, gratifying, and productive; and it helps us humanize any workplace we find ourselves in.”
– Alice Waters
(From the book We are what we eat)
Earth.fm
Here’s your chance to listen to nature sounds from all over the world. It’s like Spotify, but for nature sounds. There goes my day. Absolutely lovely.
Vegetable Outfits
These vegetable outfits made me smile.
A Poem for Someone Who is Juggling Her Life
This is a poem for someone
who is juggling her life.
Be still sometimes.
Be still sometimes.It needs repeating
over and over
to catch her attention
over and over,
as someone who is juggling her life
finds it difficult to hear.Be still sometimes.
Be still sometimes.
Let it all fall sometimes.– Rose Cook
(From Notes From a Bright Field)