Weekend Reads 6.9.2024
I hope you enjoyed the new Q&A series. I’m so grateful for my friend’s willingness to be the first participant! Her mention of fairies got me excited for the new season of Rings of Power. Maybe it’s not cinematic gold, but I love the faraway worlds and adventure, anyway. Whether your weekend includes fairies and faraway places or some autumn-appropriate activity like football, I hope it’s good to you!
It’s like J.Crew read last week’s Weekly Reads. The J. Crew catalog is back!!
The world’s oldest terrarium is a sight to behold.
“Latimer, a retired electrical engineer from Surrey, England, created his bottle garden in 1960…The concept was simple: He planted a spiderwort plant (tradescantia) inside a 10-gallon glass carboy and sealed it off from the outside world with a cork. He watered the plant once in 1972, and since then, the ecosystem has been entirely self-sustaining, requiring no further intervention.”
That time Nancy Pelosi met John F. Kennedy.
A while ago, the influencers-turned-designers known as Chris Loves Julia introduced me to an appliance garage. Now Houzz says they are a thing.
Another season of Only Murders in the Building is back, a.k.a. The Show We Watch to See What is Selena Wearing. Swooning over the pleated trench coat she wore in a recent episode.
I could total see this being true: “Ancient Romans Were Some of The First Obnoxious Tourists.”
Some girls went through a horse phase. I went through a Titanic phase. No joke. In third grade I checked out a book about the Titanic so often that I was asked to stop so that other kids could check it out. (They didn’t). Anyway, that backstory should explain why this news made me sorta sad.
I never thought a computer chip could be stunning until I saw this Navajo weaving designed to mimic Intel’s Pentium chip.
This might provoke groans from some, but this article is right that planning for Christmas should start now. No need to start blasting Mariah just yet. A bit of quiet early planning is the key to preserving the magic of the holiday season. I’ve been faithfully tucking away ideas for gift guides and will be sharing those very soon. See also: I am PUMPED for gift guide season.