My week can be pretty much summed up in the following Tweet:
I think our family’s experience is probably replicated in other families: One child kicks ass at math and apathetic at reading while the other abhors math and is a reading rock star. So … flashcards. The rest of the Tweet … WIG (Wildly Important Goals), 4DX, etc., well … that’s one of those ferrety wormholes that my brain went down earlier this week. I really love the idea of being an efficient workhorse and a brilliant business mind, but … yeah. It hasn’t happened in my previous 42 years, I’m not holding my breath for a midlife miracle. But it’s a hobby: Some people listen to true crime podcasts, I like reading business blogs and am sucked in by productivity articles. (Wishful thinking, perhaps?)
Anyway, enough about those pipe dreams. My neck of the Minnesota woods got its first dusting of snow. My children have learned how to email me, which is equal parts hilarious and has blown any of my dreams of “inbox zero” to smithereens. (Trust me, though … it’s worth it.)
On the cooking front, I made this soup from Giada DeLaurentis. It was fantastic and only got better on subsequent days.
Other links I adored:
“I saw this very gazelle-like creature leaping through the traffic in a rather dangerous way,” Cadell told me, “and the next thing I know, she’d leapt over the wall and was sitting beside us. And I was so impressed — with her exuberance and her folly all at once. I thought, ‘This is an interesting woman.’” The New York Times had a fascinating profile on Sigourney Weaver.
I also adored this New Yorker piece about Mandy Patinkin. (It went well with coffee and a lazy Sunday morning.)
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Listening: I still buy my albums on CD, because I have a CD player in my mom-mobile. And this song gets played regularly:
Reading: Remember what I was saying about how I like to read productivity books? I bought Cal Newport’s “Deep Work” and am achieving productivity nerd nirvana. (And yes, if you’re wondering, the concept of “deep work” right now in the midst of a pandemic with every member of my household present … it’s pretty impossible. But this is my nerdy nirvana.)
Writing: I’m still trying to achieve peak nerd nirvana on my writing goals. I’ll keep you posted on that one, ‘kay?
Email someone you love, but don’t talk to often. Wear a mask. Encourage a friend to vote. And if you’re inclined/able, think about donating to a local food shelf/charitable organization that does good in your community. – Shelley
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What is Friday Fare? As a recap, on Fridays I post link love to the various bits of arcane shiz I discover on the Interwebs. I liken it to a glimpse into my mind, but without the 80s song lyrics or mental cobwebs.
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