🐻 Lil Treasures #224: Doorknob Confessions and GoldiHusky and the Three Bears
🐻 Lil Treasures #224: Doorknob Confessions and GoldiHusky and the Three Bears
We're talking teen babysitters, word games and being in cahoots
This week has, as the southerners say, done wrung me out. Was it the eclipse, was it the state testing, was it the impending knowledge of an “e-learning day” today? Who can say? All I know is I’m joyfully au revoiring this week and ready for the weekend.
This week I answered a question behind the paywall about any nuggets of wisdom I have gleaned now that I’m finished with my first year of being 40. I shared a little bit about how I inadvertently stopped taking my SSRI (do not recommend) and we swung all the way over to try to figure out exactly what wisdom is. It ended up being such a lovely conversation in the comments, and if you want to peek behind the curtain, the free 7-day trial is still available. We’d love to see you back there, even for a spell. I also shared some things I’m loving right now and gave an update on my secret project (waggles eyebrows suggestively), so go ye therefore and subscribe if’n you like.
I had every intention of doing a lil q+a but guys, life is life-ing. Instead, we have a lovely array of treasures and memes for you, like a digital charcuterie or some such. I hope you enjoy your cybernated meats and cheeses and have an excellent weekend, if such a thing is in your grasp.
Anyway, about those treasures….
⚽ I love to see a lady referee, especially one like this who had some bad A leadership skills.
🦫 What a treat to witness Lenny Kravitz’s first time at a Buc-ee’s. This genuinely sent me to the moon. Also why does Lenny Kravitz look like Michonne from The Walking Dead here?
🎸 There’s nothing like that serotonin hit that comes when listening to Silver Springs by Fleetwood Mac. Do you know what I mean? Also a quick reminder that the music of our youth is therapeutic! Stevie Nicks is practically self-care, baby.
🆘 Sharing this post about help being sacred with you today because I need to be reminded of it, too.
👶🏻 I spent a lot of my tween and teen years babysitting for various families in my hometown, making what felt like a fortune ($5 an hour!) and eating heaps of frozen pizza alongside sticky, cute little humans. These days spent babysitting were formative for me, and I gleaned a lot of helpful wisdom from watching some babies (and watching their parents, too). Obviously, a lot has changed now that my own teen is entering the babysitter circuit, and I thought this piece by Anne Helen Petersen on the shortage of teen babysitters gives a great perspective on some of these shifts.
🐻 My favorite video of the week was of this husky dog that got lost and casually found a gang of three wild bears to hang out with. Also shout out to the drones for capturing the important stuff in life (like dogs hanging with bears).
🧩 You guys! If you play Connections or any of the New York Times word games, Chantal, our beautiful genius has created this word games fan club, and there’s merch involved! This is very important news for me, a person whose entire day revolves around the success of my morning games with my girlies in our group chat: NYT Smackdown.
🖤 Taking this important interview with James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni to heart today. You might need to watch it a few times (I did).
🤼 Welcome to the Faith Adjacent Thunderdome! This week’s episode is taking some of our favorite faith conversations and adding a cage-match-style competition to make things interesting. Important topics include Christian Music Showdown, Biblical Authors Disputes, and Contentious Spiritual Practices. Listen to the episode here!
🤪 For a good, hearty dose of unhinged internet memes, go give this thread a look-see.
💃 Back again with another post about 10 Things I Hate About You, this time with this perfect re-enactment of the table-dancing scene.
👩🏽🍼 This interview with Regina King where she talks about losing her son is worth the watch, but be sure to grab some tissues first. I especially loved the line: “My favorite thing about myself is being Ian’s mom.” 🤧
🌈 I cried real tears at the 34 years of students who serenaded their former choir teacher before his final concert.
💄 May you approach your weekend with the same confidence as this tiny makeup goddess.
This week’s memes!
Okay folks, we have reached the end of this week’s newsletter. Can’t wait to see you again next week, but I’ll count on your comments and treasures to hold me over until then. You’re amazing and I love you byeeeeeeee!
