Beloveds! I hope youāve had a great week. I feel like this:
I mean I know to some degree we all feel that way but Iām finding it difficult to adjust to the world opening up. Plus lots of emotions over here with the eldest finishing up elementary school next week.
However, as always, we have some treasures and tweets. I hope you like them. I brought them all together for you!
š§ I found this account on Instagram of a woman and her dog doing yoga together (ādogaā) and now I canāt stop watching!
š¦ Speaking of pets - if you havenāt already seen the video of a little girl cuddling with a duck, please do so here. When she says āhe wants to watch cartoons with meā in her tiny accent, I was done for.
šØ My incredibly talented friend Laurel-Dawn Latshaw is an amazing artist (I have a few pieces she created) and she is about to release a collection specifically curated for dadās/golf lovers called āEighteen Holesā. I feel like she just solved my Fatherās Day stress honestly. If you want to check out the collection or any of the other dreamy work, you can visit her page here!
š The New York Times posted an article about a āpunk rockā nun named Sister Alethiea, and Iām thinking she should have been the poster child for the Memento Mori. She says in the article: āremembering death keeps us awake, focused, and ready for whatever might happen ā both the excruciatingly difficult and the breathtakingly beautiful.ā Read the rest of her story and her view on living in the reality of death and suffering here.
š This piece of very good news:
And finally, take the time out of your day to spend watching Viola Fletcher testify about the Tulsa race massacre. She is 107 and still fighting hard for justice.
Thank you for keeping the comment section going while I continue to work. Iām hoping to dip in later today, but will definitely this weekend. Canāt wait to read what youāre loving!
WHAT IN THE OPENDIARY DOT COM IS THIS?? Iāve been subscribed to The Swipe Up for months and I had NO idea that an underbelly of Best Internet-Friends existed where people give extended life updates, check in on each other and provide quality links?! Where have I been? Oh thatās right...missing out because Iām secretly listening to open door romance novels while Iām mopping floors and doing laundry! Iāll be here next week with fun things to tell you about! THIS IS FUN, ERIN!!!
I work one weekend out of every three, which doesn't sound like a lot, but it sure feels like a lot sometimes. I worked last weekend, so looking forward to enjoying this one and setting unrealistic goals for exactly how much I'm going to accomplish.
If you have morbid curiosities about subjects directly or tangentially related to death and need and quirky yet knowledgeable guide, may I recommend this YouTube channel? https://youtube.com/c/AskAMortician
I've been watching for several months - it did a great job filling the "I'm too burned out from work to think about what to watch" space for a while, and I think Caitlin is delightful.
Here is a weird and wonderful interview with William Shatner, who apparently decided 65 was old enough and has not aged since. Also, his work in Miss Congeniality is criminally underrated.
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/may/20/william-shatner-interview-love-loss-and-leonard-nimoy