1. Poetry: Different Kinds of Sadness by Jenny Molberg on The Slow Down, Radiance Theory and Quiet Delay by Julie Barton, Here’s To You (also) by Julie Barton shared on Heart Poems, Oh, November by Alix Klingenberg, Prescription For The Disillusioned by Rebecca del Rio, Sound Bath and Right Here by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, Nourishment by James Crews, and If Adam Picked the Apple by Danielle Coffyn shared by Patti Digh. Also this collection, Mindfulness Poetry from the Mindfulness Association.

2. Tending the Small Fires: Lessons in Light from a Darkening Season from Lori at Little Truths Studio.

3. You suffer for as long as you decide to: stop touching the wound from Patti Digh.

4. 11 things one day before leaving Facebook, including a few writing lessons. “Ending my extremely online era'” from Jena Schwartz (who in part inspired my own exit).

5. What if you gave up social media? “On ignoring the online drama, algorithms, and AI to find an authentic path forward” by Dan Blank.

6 Back from the Drift. “Re-emerging from a time of shifts and drifts” from Sara Saltee.

7. 5 Everyday Habits Secretly Stealing Your Ease by Courtney Carver on Be More With Less.

8. Stuff worth considering on The Beautiful Mess by John Pavlovitz: Trump Supporters Are Miserable People. Let’s Not Become Like Them, and Staying Human in Inhumane Times, and Christians Who Don’t Want to Feed People—Aren’t Jesus Christians, and SNAP is What Jesus Would Be Doing Here. That’s Why MAGA Christians Are Trying to Kill It.

9. 6 Strategies to Stay Calm When Life Feels Uncertain, According to Therapists. 

10. How Not to Waste Your Life by Maria Popova.

11. For a Literary Saint, Margaret Atwood Can Sure Hold a Grudge on The New York Times. (gift link) “She had to be pushed to write her new memoir, ‘Book of Lives.’ The result reveals the experiences (and a few slights) that have shaped her work.” In related news, ‘It is the scariest of times’: Margaret Atwood on defying Trump, banned books – and her score-settling memoir.

12. Woman Shocked by Neighbors’ Response After She Sets Up Día de Muertos Altar as Tribute to Beloved Dog.

13. Have We Finally Hit Peak Protein? “In 2025, protein isn’t just a macronutrient — it’s a marketing language that now defines how Americans shop, snack, and eat out.”

14. Josh Hawley: No American Should Go to Bed Hungry on The New York Times. (gift link)

15. Breaking Free From Doomscrolling: From Willpower to Redesign. “To make it easier to put down the phone, reshape your world for presence.”

16. What it takes to make. “Creating isn’t about talent or the muse. It’s a few things anyone can do. Including you” from Danny Gregory.

17. Getting Closure When the Universe Doesn’t Give It to You, a 5-day email course from Elizabeth Kleinfeld. “You’ve been waiting for an apology, an explanation, or acknowledgment that’s never coming. This 5-day course teaches you how to create closure on your own terms—so you can finally move forward without needing their permission or participation.”

18. You have to do the living yourself on The Imperfectionist, which shares this “deeply important point: building a meaningful life is much less about discovering the right set of practices or habits than it is about cultivating the willingness to step up moment after moment and just do more of the things that matter, for the projects and people and causes you care about most.”

19. Cultural Narratives and Craft Converge in the 2025 World of WearableArt Competition.