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1. Vanishing Rock Art: The Art of Letting Go from 60 Second Docs. (video)

2. Indigenous artist Jeffrey Gibson, on view at the Venice Biennale on CBS Sunday Morning. “Jeffrey Gibson, a member of the Mississippi band of Choctaw Indians and of Cherokee descent, is the first Indigenous artist to be chosen to represent the United States with a solo exhibition at the Venice Biennale, which is considered the Olympics of the art world. Correspondent Seth Doane visits the site of the Biennale, and meets with Gibson at his studio in Upstate New York, where he created his exhibition titled ‘the space in which to place me.'”

3. What does it mean that Barnes & Noble is buying Denver indie Tattered Cover? In related news, Barnes & Noble Just Bought a Beloved Indie Bookstore. Now What?

4. On Change and Denial. “Often, we feel the tectonic tremors of change long before it erupts to alter the landscape of life; often, we tune them out or invent a thousand alternative explanations for them. But we know, we know, deep in the marrow of the soul, when something must change — and when it is about to.”

5. Grass: America’s Thirstiest Addiction. (video) “Step into the world of manicured lawns and desert golf courses to discover the surprising reality behind turf grass: America’s most resource-intensive plant, yet one of its least productive crops. Shane Campbell-Staton, host of Human Footprint, visits Palm Springs and examines the environmental impact of our fixation on lawns, which historically symbolized as power and status. This episode also examines Palm Springs’ golf courses, beautiful but thirsty artificial oases, and the impressive engineering needed to keep their lush greens, well, lush and green. Grass may be all around us, but the cultural and resource costs might be more than you’ve ever realized.”

6. The Slow Healing Movement from Gretchen Schmelzer. “I have found that during times of repair or growth that I crave slowness like a nutrient. And I have found that when I can be brave enough, in a culture of speed, to give in to this craving, the mending really does happen. The emotional bones knit back together, grief recedes, my capacity expands. I get more sturdy, I grow into new places in myself. Slowness becomes the wonderful and supportive cast that wraps itself around my broken places and allows some things inside of me to knit back together.”

7. Do Less. It’s Good for You.

8. Good stuff on Lion’s Roar: Pema Chödrön’s 3 Ways to Transform Your Emotions (“At the root of our suffering are the destructive emotions that Buddhism calls the kleshas, or poisons. Pema Chödrön teaches us a three-step practice to transform their energy from a cause of suffering into a path to awakening”) and How 3 Buddhist Teachers Work with Difficult Emotions (“Working with difficult emotions is a lifelong practice. Three Buddhist teachers open up about their own struggles”).

9. The 2024 Audubon Photography Awards: Winners and Honorable Mentions.

10. Craft Talk Friday Thread: Where Do We Get Inspired? from Jami Attenberg. “So I’m curious today: When you feel out of ideas, what are the physical places you go to in the world to get your inspiration?”

11. Practice, a poem from Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer. “Always, the bindweed comes back.” Yes, yes it does.

12. Some days are harder than others (but it will get better) from Jenny Lawson.

13. Can We Overcome Overconsumption? on Commons’ new sustainability podcast. “How do we deconsume in a consumerist world? When we buy less, we save money, cut down on clutter, and lower our emissions. And this collective shift has another big impact — helping us to steer the economy away from disposable, poorly made products, and dangerous supply chains. Becoming more conscious consumers is a pivotal step in building a more sustainable economy.”

14. Amy Feigley-Lee Plays with Perception in Vintage Wallpaper Sculptures.

15. 10 Things We’ll Regret When We’re Older If We Don’t Stop Now from Courtney Carver on Be More With Less.

16. How I Kept My Spirit From Breaking from Andrea Gibson. If love could keep a person alive, Andrea would be immortal.

17. A Piece of My Soul from Frederick Joseph. “An intimate exploration of love, grief, and hope in this life.”

18. Juneteenth: A Visual History.

19. wrestling w/ coherence: starting a waste book.

20. Natalie Goldberg has a new book coming out. Do I need another book on writing? No. Am I going to get this one anyway? Probably.

21. How Spending Can Make You Happier, “Fascinating insights from author Abby Davisson.”

22. 2024 Milky Way Photographer of the Year. Wow…

1. Morning walks. I am finally back to a “normal” schedule, walking Ringo four mornings a week. Eric does the weekend mornings and either Tuesday or Thursday morning, depending on which day I’m teaching yoga. It’s nice because I can sleep in a bit on the weekends, which somehow are still the days I do chores and get ready for the week ahead, even though I’m technically retired and could do those things any day of the week, and I like to devote the full day I teach to just that, focused on teaching and practicing yoga.

There’s magic on these walks, every single one. One moment of magic this week was walking a trail we don’t walk as regularly and running into a dear friend I hadn’t seen in a really long time. It was extra special because they had one of their dogs with them and Ringo liked her. I can’t usually predict which dog he’ll like and which he’ll see as a threat, so it’s nice when he meets a calm female who is smaller than him (these are his favorite qualities in a dog) and gets some good interaction, and extra bonus if it’s a friend’s dog who he might see again.

2. Community. Our time at the coast was an introvert’s dream vacation, but I’ve also enjoyed being back in community: at the gym, running into Chloe’ on the way back from the grocery store, talking with neighbors, practicing with my Friday morning writing sangha, having dinner with friends, and teaching yoga at Red Sage.

3. Peonies. Today is most likely the final day for the ones I cut and brought inside. I’m so glad they waited for me to come back from Oregon.

4. Practice. I don’t even like to think about where or how I might be without it — without the structure, the return, the invitation to start over as many times as necessary, the slowing down, the pause.

5. My tiny family, small house, little life. There are a lot of things in my life and the world that are hard, but these things are so easy, so right, so simple. Ringo is feeling so much better after seeing Dr. Foster and following her plan to heal his belly. Eric and I got tickets to see TWO Aimee Mann shows in the fall and later today we’ll pick our five shows to see this next year at The Lincoln Center, (Marc Maron and The Moth are for sure, we just need to decide on three more).

Bonus joy: good books, good TV, listening to podcasts, getting all the laundry done before it gets too hot outside, a/c, leftovers, trees, sprinklers, raspberries, plantain chips (my current obsession, with this dip), baked ziti (I can’t stop making it!), portable fans, how many more stars Ringo has in his fur now that he’s shed most of his undercoat, strawberry jam homemade by my aunt and uncle, daisies, hummingbird moths, texts from my brother that are just him saying “hi,” H. waking up at 4 am singing the ABC song, seeing him on Zoom, when Theresa saw Ringo and I walking and even though we were already a block away she came out and yelled “Good Morning!” and we waved madly at each other, seeing Sally in the pool, training with Shelby and the gang, being stronger than I expected, the hydromassage chair, the sauna, Rainier cherries, big salads, naps, new clean sheets, reading in bed at night while Eric and Ringo sleep.