1. Poetry: Watching the War by J.R. Solonche and The Ex by Charlotte Innes and Caregiving, Car Crashes, and Charcoal People by Jimmy Pappas on Rattle, Panegyric by Leila Farjami and Guava Jelly by Quinn Franzen on The Slowdown with Maggie Smith, Newborn Soul and At the Poetry Slam Championship in Kansas by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, What Stillness by Laura Foley on Hearth Poems, Mercy by Joy Sullivan shared by Patti Digh, and next in a series of permission slips by Maya Stein.

2. Glen Hansard, Irish songwriter and ‘Once’ star, dies at 56. So sad. 💔 Also, Glen Hansard, Frontman of Irish Band the Frames, Dies at 56 on The New York Times. (gift link) “The popular singer-songwriter won, with Markéta Irglová, an Oscar for the song ‘Falling Slowly’ from the film ‘Once.'”

3. A List: The things that are quieting my heart. “Where I’m Finding Peace at a Noisy Time” by Elissa Altman on Poor Man’s Feast. Also from Elissa, Where You Used to Be: On the Intersection of Art-Making and Grief.

4. The Grief Iceberg by Cheryl Strayed. “One of the great, isolating addlements of grief is the lack of language to describe that difference—that ability to function and be ‘okay’ and back to things, while suffering tremendously. We don’t have a word for that state of being, perhaps because we’re assured by dichotomies. We don’t want to make a word for the awful land of living/suffering, where the bereaved are forced to live. It is reassuring to believe there is this or that and nothing in between. It is clarifying to stand on one shore or the other. But grief has no shore, as every honest account of the experience tells us. Grief is sinking into the depths of the muddiest waters and trying to swim to the surface and eventually float.”

5. 35 delightful images from the 2026 International Pet Photography Awards.

6. Becoming the root by Lisa Olivera on Human Stuff. “Notes on being what you’re waiting for.”

7. I thought I would have it all figured out by now by Brad Montague on The Enthusiast for his 45th birthday.

8. A good idea is not an obligation by Alix on Earth & Verse. “Creative excitement, financial reality, and learning to pause.”

9. 13 surprising reasons you’re always dog tired – and what to do about it on The Guardian. “Feel lethargic even after a full night’s sleep? From not enough fibre to too much sitting, experts explain why your get up and go has got up and gone.”

10. A Glorian Is a Moment of Grace: An Interview with Terry Tempest Williams on Emergence Magazine. “In this intimate conversation, Terry Tempest Williams shares the dream that set in motion her ongoing work of attending to ‘the Glorians’—moments of wonder, loss, and joy that fuse our attention with the mystery of Earth. Terry explores how visitations from the Glorians can help us engage with a spiritual life that recognizes wildness as the taproot of our consciousness.” Not sure if I’ve said it here but I’m currently obsessed with Terry Tempest Williams, am working my way through everything she’s ever written.