Wait — Could That Be A Crocus?

You know what those are, right? Those are crocus blades! I took this picture on Monday and, although the crocuses have been recovered with snow, I know that they are down there and patiently waiting for spring. And that makes everything a little bit better. I signed off on Wednesday promising a Friday post and, despite the hour, I’ve managed to write one. I was hoping to share a finished knitting project today but still haven’t taken any pictures of it, so this will be a good old fashioned Friday round-up of joy.

💻 Do you subscribe to Austin Kleon’s newsletter? It’s always full of the most wonderful things. Today he included a link to a post he wrote: A blog post is a search query to find your people. I love this! And it makes me think about my Zettelkasten post and filling a blog full of things that you love because, in time, your tribe will arrive.

🪵 Krista Tippett is back! Last week she interviewed the fabulous Ada Límon, our newest US Poet Laureate. Her interview was funny and poignant — I laughed and cried while making our Sunday pancakes. This week’s interview is with Nick Offerman and he talks about wood working and Wendell Berry. I’ve only listened to half of this episode and have already wept. I can’t wait to finish it.

📘 I ordered an April start Hobonichi Techo for my birthday this year and it arrived today. I’m going to use it for my morning journaling and am so excited! It was a splurge but the cover is gorgeous and I can reuse it with other A6 notebooks.

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Thursday’s snowstorm massively underperformed and we only got about 3″. But today has been incredibly frigid and tomorrow will be more of the same, so we won’t be spending very much time outside in the snow this weekend! I am really hoping to find some quiet time for a little reading but that is especially hard on the weekends – wish me luck. I hope your weekend is full of exactly what you need. Take good care.