Weekend Reads v. 18.4.2025
Hit the reset button.
How was your week?
The view from here was so, so full. Rory McIlroy’s Master’s win seems ages away, and yet it was less than a week ago that he donned that famous green jacket for the first time. I spent most of Wednesday thinking it was Thursday. I got blindsided by some secretive colleagues which didn’t feel great. Despite my best efforts, I’m woefully behind on texts and buried in emails. And wearing low heels apparently hurts my knees now. Whew!
But I am about to shut the laptop for the day, and I will be seeing Pride and Prejudice in the theatre tomorrow(!!), so all will be right as rain soon enough.
The news doesn’t seem to stop feeling achingly heavy, so that’s still a reality that plays beneath our to-do lists. And yet there’s still so much good to cling to. It may feel like this is the most dramatic rose ceremony ever, and yet the world has always had bad actors and harsh realities.
This weekend, I’m looking forward to getting some natural vitamin D, sewing a new project, and attending a very old church for Easter services. In a word, resetting.
I’ve never given much thought to the glass industry, so this article about the loss of America’s glassware manufacturing was an interesting one.
Feel like I won the lottery after scoring the polka dot tablecloth in the Kate Space New York x Target collection.
I once took a solo overnight trip to Big Sur and stayed at a very simple place that prided itself on providing guests with the ability to completely disconnect from the world. Now I’ve learned that quaint lil’ place known as Big Sur Lodge is getting Wi-Fi, and I’m not quite sure I’m OK with it!
A beauty blogger once promised Stila’s convertible blush in Peony was perfect for nearly every skin tone, and after two months of wearing it…I can say, “Yes. Yes it is.”
Same goes for Saie’s Illuminator that gives you a slight glow.
Does anyone else follow Houzz? The website is full of helpful ideas and resources related to building and designing homes, and their email list is always a good distraction from whatever it is you should be doing. Here is their list of things trending now in home design.
These vintage quilts are stunning.
How do we feel about rugs in a solid color?
This essay about risk articulated points I’ve suspected. Mainly, “Some of the safest people in human history are anxious.” Moreover:
“As with the systems of the body, so with the systems of the mind. If we want a robust anxiety system, then we need to expose it to risk in the same way—incrementally—and for the same reason—increased tolerance—that we expose our immune system to peanuts and pathogens. Coddling will only lead to peanut allergies and anxiety disorders… For a person to acquire the opposite of anxiety, then—whether we call that confidence, self-esteem, competence, or composure—they must be able to divide the world into threat and non-threat. Otherwise, everything is a potential threat, and there is no justification for ever letting one’s guard down. Meanwhile, a person will feel most confident about the division itself, between safe and dangerous, when it is based on experience.” (Source)
Is this the world’s most powerful cat bed? One user said, “My cat is so obsessed with it that we’re convinced it’s stuffed full of narcotics.”
One woman shared 29 things she is glad she did in her twenties.
The desire to stand out in a crowd has significantly declined in recent years. Have no idea how you calculate this, but it’s right here in black and white! (Not sure where the influencers were when this study was conducted.)
These would be fun beach bags (or bags for groceries or general schlepping).
Dying. Billy Zane as an artist. (Boy, do I have a funny story for you for the next time I see you IRL).
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