1. Poetry: Rumi speaks of war and love (“Translation from Haleh Liza Gafori’s Water”) by Pádraig Ó Tuama, The Quiet World by Jeffrey McDaniel on The Slowdown, Origami by Meg Yardley on Rattle, After the Chickadee Hits the Window and Why I Write Every Day and Sharing Our Humanness and In Broad Daylight and After I Fell in the Canyon of Grief by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, The map of human life (“The roads that become life”) by Jasmine on The Tiny Joy Project, Continue by Maya Angelou (wow, this one hits hard), Our Mutual Tender Existence by James Crews, After Escher by George Bilgere and [And isn’t everything risk?] by Gregory Orr on poets.org, Yes, Thank You by Julie Barton, Something Rather Than Nothing by Moudi Sbeity on Heart Poems, and Practicing by Marie Howe shared by Patti Digh.

And, an extra extra special mention, this poem from my dearest beloved friend, A Little Advice by Chloé Leisure.

2. In Defense of the Irish Goodbye, “Leaving a party without saying goodbye may not be bad manners at all.” I am a HUGE fan of the Irish Goodbye. 🙂

3. The Continuous Creative Act of Holding on and Letting Go: 10 Beautiful Minds on the Art of Growing Older by Maria Popova on The Marginalian.

4. It’s the Tiny Things – The Secret Adventure. “I spied one of my favorite magical creatures” on Looking For The Magic. What a perfect birthday.

5. The Practice of Making Space, “A small ritual for writers who feel a little crowded lately” on Earth & Verse.

6. Our Most Important Work by Anne Butera on In an Artist’s Garden and Studio.

7. Learning to Get Out of Your Own Way with Lauren Lewis on the Dear Humans Podcast. “In this episode, Lauren and I talk about the long arc of becoming a yoga teacher. The early days when you feel like you’re spinning a hundred plates at once. The awkwardness of standing in front of a room and wondering if you belong there at all. The slow process of building confidence, finding your voice, and eventually learning how to get out of your own way. What I love about Lauren’s perspective is how grounded it is. In a time when the yoga world can feel loud and performative, her approach is refreshingly simple: show up, care about people, keep learning, and trust that your humanity is enough.”

8. W.A.I.T. a Minute: A Practice to Pause Before You Post on Social Media. “A simple mindful practice that can slow down emotional reaction, invite a breath, and encourage you to pause before you post.”

9. Why I Broke Up with Facebook. “On personal branding, burnout, and beginning again” from Jena Schwartz.

10. 6 Simple Tricks for People Who Overthink Everything.

11. 40 (Mostly) Free Things to Do When You Want to Get Offline.

12. Everyone keeps posting “Year of the Horse” like it’s some cute aesthetic thing or just another zodiac graphic from Ash and Ember on Instagram.

13. 11 reasons not to make art. “And 11 reasons to ignore them” from Danny Gregory.

14. Rejoicing in the Good: Reflections on the Monks’ Walk for Peace from Kaira Jewel’s March 2026 Newsletter.

15. What We Make Against the Dark. “Poetry comics and wisdom quadrants for living through uneasy times” on Trackless Wild with Janisse Ray.

16. The Art of Grieving in Public. “What happens when grief is not private?” from Megan Falley.

17. The Things We Should Never Find. “The Grief Chronicles: On Discovering My Mother’s Papers” by Elissa Altman on Poor Man’s Feast.

18. The Opposite of Doomscrolling #3 from Britchida.

19. Does It Matter If This Was Made By A Human Person? “What do you get when you buy stuff from a real human?” by Lori Roberts from Little Truths Studio. She makes some of my favorite stickers. 🙂

20. Come See Me in the Good Light Is a Bright Queer Spot in a Very Straight Oscars Season. Our critics discuss the Andrea Gibson documentary and its impact on the future of queer nonfiction filmmaking.

21. The moment Marc Maron became a swiftie, one of my favorite clips from his latest comedy special.

22. “Yes, thank you,” from Pete Holmes, philosopher comedian. (Instagram reel)

23. Jacob Collier Improvises With Orchestra (Live in San Francisco). Really cool. (Youtube short)

24. Miyu Matamiyu is an amazing dancer! (Instagram account) She’s a “world-reowned, world-class house dancer, holding numerous titles in both domestic and international competitions, including being named the world champion at the world’s most prestigious battle competition JUSTE DEBOUT 2017 WORLD FINAL.” In this video, she was only 10 years old, and she might have been even younger in this one.

25. Joan and Doug forever. (Instagram reel from SNL)

26. Recipes I want to try: Everything in this section of Single Serve Recipes, Caramelized Beef and Peanut Noodles, Kale Apple Salad with Crispy Shallots, and Honey Butter Tofu Crumble (Facebook reel).

27. Lessons in Ink and Pressure. “On block printing and life} by Patti Digh.

28. And finally, this small collection of random things I saved to my phone.

1. Poetry: Upon Meeting My Biological Father at the Age of 23 by Michelle Meyer and La Gioconda by Martha Silano and Gated Community by Alexandra Oliver and War Begins Again by Tishani Doshi and Why We Climb Mountains by Marti Noel on The Daily Rattle, Going Somewhere by Genevieve Taggard and Peace Treaty by AE Hines on Poets.org, It Was Like This: You Were Happy by Jane Hirshfield and Pardon My Heart by Marcus Jackson and Five Paragraph Essay on Time by Kathleen Flenniken on The Slowdown, Holding the Door and Small But Fierce by James Crews, Sometimes a Wild God by Tom Hirons shared by Patti Digh, the deepest well by Maya Stein, Revised by Paula Gordon Lepp shared on Heart Poems, The Single Instant and Orbit and Formative and The Last Parent Teacher Conferences by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, and If I Were to Ask My Body and Welcome to the First Gathering of the “I Don’t Know What I’m Doing With My Life” Club by Julie Barton.

2. Being a Regular by Hugh Hollowell. “If I were to move tomorrow to some place where I didn’t know anyone, I would immediately begin looking for places where I could be a regular. I don’t know of any activity that so quickly makes you feel you belong to a place and its people.”

3. The Real Secret to Reducing Screen Time by Courtney Carver on Be More With Less. **Spoiler Alert**: “The real secret to reducing screen time is to shift your focus from controlling your phone to forgetting all about it.”

4. Molly Was My Gateway Drug to Meditation on Open Secrets Magazine. “How taking the illicit 1990s psychedelic pill paved the way for me to get Zen.”

5. Pink Pony Club by Chappell Roan, a cello and piano cover by Brooklyn Duo. (video)

6. The Grief No One Recognizes by Elizabeth Kleinfeld. “On recognizing loss when everyone around you is glad it happened.”

7. What Am I Gonna Do, Take Them With Me? by Andrea Scher. “On giving it away before you go.”

8. The Many Versions of Me from Kari on A Grace Full Life.

9. Threshold by Jo on The House of First Light.

10. He Wrote Judy Blume’s Life Story. She Won’t Talk About It on The New York Times. (gift link) “Mark Oppenheimer had many conversations with his subject for his new book. Then the relationship took a turn.”

11. Finding the green shoots by Gretchen Schmelzer. I read this with my hand over my heart and tears in my eyes, “my heart hurts—but it is also full. Life is both so courageous and fragile.”

12. Good stuff from Jamie Attenberg on Craft Talk: A Visit from Lauren Groff (“Walking and talking with the best”), Today’s Writing Pick-Me-Up (“The good one sentence can do”), and A Key to the Lock of the Book (“Thinking about tone this morning”).

13. When You’re Not Sure Where You Belong in the Writing World, “reflections after my first AWP conference” on Earth & Verse.

14. 2,200 Lists Later, “& Beth Kephart on the literary list and the art of transcendence” on The Isolation Journals with Suleika Jaouad.

15. What technology takes from us – and how to take it back by Rebecca Solnit on The Guardian. “Decisions outsourced, chatbots for friends, the natural world an afterthought: Silicon Valley is giving us life void of connection. There is a way out – but it’s going to take collective effort.”

16. Mysterious ‘Hero’ Dog Leads Police Straight to Missing 3-year-old Officer Says in Body Cam Video.

17. Good stuff on Poor Man’s Feast by Elissa Altman: remembering a favorite Italian soup on a chilly, not-yet-spring day (“On the Perils of Cooking From Memory”) and Women and Medical Gaslighting (Part 2: More on the dangerous truth).

18. Badger signs: An essay from Terry Tempest Williams’ new book ‘The Glorians’ on High Country News, (“Thoughts on an elusive animal and the afterlife”). In related news, Terry Tempest Williams Answers the Orion Questionnaire, (“In which we get to know our favorite writers better by exploring the sacred and mundane”).

19. Guest Pep Talk: Perspective from Eric Zimmer on For Dear Life with Maggie Smith.

20. The other stack of evidence, “There’s more than one pile of proof in the world” by Jasmine on The Tiny Joy Project.

21. My Mom by Summer Brennan. “This is impossible. Utterly impossible. And yet here I am.” Summer recently lost both her parents, and while my mom still lingers and that’s another kind of loss, I feel this in my bones.

22. The Art of Not Looking Where You’re Told. “A walking exercise that turned Lisbon’s sidewalks into a wilderness.”

23. GLP‑1 drugs may fight addiction across every major substance, according to a study of 600,000 people.

24. How Creativity Helps the Brain Make Meaning After Disruption on Psychology Today. “Neuroscience explains why art helps people heal.”

25. ‘All you need is a chair and a view’: could daily ‘dusking’ make us healthier and happier? on The Guardian. “An old Dutch ritual of going outside to watch the coming of night – or dusking – is having a revival across Europe. Fans of the practice say it’s a great way to disconnect from screens and find peace.”

26. A Blessing For The End of a Sh*tty Day on The Beautiful Mess by John Pavlovitz.

27. And finally, a few random things I saved to my phone.