Happy Saturday, friends. Happy end of the week or beginning of the week or however you think of this luscious collection of hours between Friday and Sunday.
Saturdays at the farm are among my favorite times in life, because they usually include sleeping a little bit late with Handsome, our legs braided together and his childhood Snoopy buried between us somewhere in the silky cotton sheets. Saturday means Hot Tub Summit with no time limit and less office talk than during the week (office talk never bugs me, but it’s really nice to see my husband escape it here and there). Saturday means the coffee tastes a little better and we get to watch an episode or two of Rifleman before starting whatever adventure we have planned. (Lately those adventures often include a pretty little nineteen year old young lady who has our hearts forever.) I love Saturdays at the dirt-and-hooves Lazy W.
Starting today, Saturdays here at the digital Lazy W will have a special purpose! They will be all about excellent reading material. Book reviews, stories about Dinner Club With a Reading Problem (our famous little Oklahoma book club), general chit chat about books and editing and writing, or maybe just a round up of great articles I’ve read the previous week. I’m really excited about this! Because reading is my favorite thing. Next to gardening and romance and coffee and running.
and warm weather………….
Today, this first such Literary Saturday? The latter of all those ideas. I’m sharing some articles I’ve read that were flat out great and I think you’d love them too. Take a read and let me know what you think, or share in the comments a link to something you’ve read this week you think the rest of us would enjoy!
How to Mine Diamonds by the incomparable Ann Voskamp. This is a long article and one that could have your eyes brimming with tears by the end, but it is so worth it. So worth the investment of time and emotion. Ann (we are on a first name basis, ha!) writes with such poetry and grit, just like in her book One Thousand Gifts. In How to Mine Diamonds she expresses my favorite concepts, “carpe diem” more thoroughly and with more spiritual exactness than I have ever read before. Give it part of your weekend, okay?
Kitchen Sparkle by Joy the Baker. If I have a girl crush on anyone on the internet right now, it’s Joy. And I’m not even sorry. Practically everything she writes, whether recipe or inspiration or just anecdote, is like infusing my day with lemon juice and rosemary. Which is what this particular article is all about. Plus? She lives in the French Quarter. So either I love her or hate her.
Becoming Antifragile by Nerd Fitness. I stumbled on this website recently and have had fun going through the archives. This article back from July is just wonderful. And it’s not just about physical stuff; it points to every good reason we really chase after the physical stuff. The article also includes a book recommendation, so Nerd Fitness gets Lazy W bonus points.
The Place Where You Are Cared For by Edie. xoxo I really love Edie. She always writes beautiful, spiritually enchanting stuff that I pretend like is just for me, because she seems to know exactly what people need to hear. This piece of hers from back in November is on a list of things I have saved because I glance at it frequently. It’s especially valuable to me right now as the farm is more and more becoming a landing spot for our firstborn. Words fail to impart the preciousness of this season, friends. And Edie’s memories help me stay centered. So go read this piece (it’s not too long) and enjoy the makeover she’s doing in her digital space. Really gorgeous!
Okay, there you have it! Literary Saturday, episode #1, complete. I hope you sample some of this here, and I really really hope you share something else worth reading. Sending you so much love from the Lazy W. Thanks for stopping in!!
“Either write something worth reading
or do something worth writing.”
~Benjamin Franklin
XOXOXOXO
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