1. Poetry: After the Loss and What Comes Next and Some of the Stories from Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, You-Shaped Hole by Tara Mohr, Portals by Alix Klingenberg, Los Vecinos by Alison Luterman, Focus and In Therapy from Julie Barton, Hellifino by Todd Wynn (by way of a link Julie Barton shared), and Kintsugi Again and Keep Reaching from James Crews (can’t wait for his new book), this is for the addicts who never got a love letter, only lectures by christopher sexton, Inside the Mind of a Master Writer — David Whyte (a video interview), and Come Back to Me As Lightning, “Faith, Doubt, and How Andrea Still Leaves Me Love Notes” from Megan Falley.

2. Follow the journey of a Palisade peach from Rocky Mountain PBS. Final destination: my belly!

3. Letting the salty flood wash over me, “And finding a way to a better kind of hard” by Rita Ott Ramstad on Rootsie.

4. Good stuff from Seth Godin: After the chores, Contagious emotions, and Scarcity and abundance. 

5. Are you mad at me? “For those who have kept the peace, but lost themselves” from Meg Josephson. I’m reading her new book, Are You Mad at Me?: How to Stop Focusing on What Others Think and Start Living for You, and it’s SO good.

6. From problems to progress: five ways to focus on solutions, not just struggles. “When you’re stuck in a rut, moving forward can feel impossible. Here are five ways to try to progress through struggles.”

7. You can’t tell when strange things with meaning will happen from Patti Digh. “All you can do is be ready—or at least be willing to be interrupted. Willing to be shifted. Willing to say: I don’t know what this means, but I’m listening.”

8. What’s your best travel tip?, a collection from Austin Kleon.

9. Beloved Bother. “A typo in my great-uncle’s obituary held the key to understanding him.”

10. Gardens of Possibility, a curated list of fifteen stories from Orion. In related news, The Unexpected Benefits of Starting a Small-Scale Dahlia Operation.

11. After The Bomb. “Survivors of the Atomic Blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki share their stories.” In related news, Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima photo archive.

12. How to Stress Less and Calm Your Life: What You Haven’t Tried Yet from Courtney Carver on Be More With Less.

13. He Announced His Intention to Die. The Dinner Invitations Rolled In. on The New York Times. (gift link) “On Instagram, the artist Joseph Awuah-Darko asked the world to invite him to dinner before he ended his life. More than 150 meals later, he is still going.” In related news, offered as a counterpoint: This Influencer Told an Incredible Story about his Impending Death by Euthanasia. But How Does This Effect his Followers? “Joseph Awuah-Darko gained hundreds of thousands of followers, money, and dinner invitations after sharing his euthanasia plan on Instagram. But there are holes in his story. And what are the consequences of his posts for followers who are struggling with their mental health?”

14. I thought we’d entered the age of body positivity. Then came ‘shrinking girl summer’ – is everyone getting smaller except me? “It’s been the year of weight-loss drugs, with celebrities seemingly disappearing before our eyes. For those of us left behind, it’s both a torment and a temptation. Spoiler alert: I tried the jabs, too.”

15. Terracotta and Gold Figures by Vipoo Srivilasa Conjure Joy and the Divine. His Instagram page is really fun too. I especially love this figure.

16. And finally, this random collection of things I saved to my phone this week.