Smacksy Sunday Links

 

Experience the holidays with presence.

I am Santa Claus the elves and Christmas magic.

The comfort of having a signature dish.

25 Things to say to your children.

Street looks.

France's oldest hardware store.

Paris passageways.

And a baby giraffe.

Sunday Links

Smacksy Sunday Links

How high achievers are investing in a 100-year life.

Seth Godin's Thanksgiving Reader.

The neuroscience of aging out of fucks to give.

When grandma sells the house.

How to increase your attention span.

12 Habits to simplify your Christmas.

2025 Booker finalists on the stories behind their novels.

Make your own tradition this Thanksgiving.

Our homes aren't weird enough.

How to spend Christmas in Paris. (And send me a post card, si vous plaît)

One bookstore, three sisters, 100 years.

The moody Parisian nights of Brassai.

And 2 hours of cats and kittens with calming music.

Happy Sunday

Smacksy Sunday Links

Redefine what a perfect Thanksgiving looks like.

Sarah Jessica Parker's Year of Judging the Booker Prize.

On Thanksgiving, the chaos is the point.

Birdwatching and what makes for a meaningful life.

Some kind of heaven.

She moved from NYC to a small town in Italy.

The Northern Lights.

Some good ornaments.

And a dog eating an ear of corn.

Happy Sunday

Smacksy Sunday Links

 How to quit doomscrolling.

A way to help our neighbor who is serving those who have lost SNAP benefits.

An interview with author Lily King. Her new novel, Heart the Lover, is gorgeous.

Be on purpose: a simple daily practice. 

Stop romanticizing the past.

A conversation with Rick Rubin.

She won a cottage in Ireland.

Look for the good.

The happiest homes do these five things.

Frugal fall meal plans.

A Thanksgiving checklist.

Ten castles you can stay in.

Sir Anthony Hopkins reads an excerpt from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."

The annual posting of the recipe for "Mademoiselle Magic Stuffing."

All these cozy bedrooms.

And a busy birdbath.

Happy Sunday

Smacksy Sunday Links

I'm doing Samhain just a couple of days late.

The acceptable face of need.

Find help.

How to find beauty when hope is hard to locate.

Girl, you need a hobby.

The internet archive. Big fan. 

Re-setting after the time change.

A list of things to quit. 

Ann Patchett announces her new novel.

A pretty flat.

Polarbear livestreams.

And a panda eating a pumpkin.

Sunday Links

Smacksy Sunday Links

Becoming a word magpie.

The types of rest you might be missing.

This is your body on no sleep.

Get out of the house.

The Birthday Paradox.

Classic simple things.

Birdwatching is having a moment.

I, a French jewel thief, refuse to rob the Louvre before mid-morning.

Eating apples.

A poem.

Hozier's favorite books.

Recipes from gravestones.

These waterfalls.

And this dog's adoption party.

Sunday Links

Smacksy Sunday Links

 They're small but mighty.

That thing you've always wanted to do.

Susan Orlean about creativity.

I've been lied to about retirement.

20 ways to enjoy winter.

Farewell D'Angelo.

The surprising power of Diane Keaton's emotional transparency.

Diane Keaton's singular style.

And she made collage.

How to have an analog fall.

Hell hath no fury like a coffee drinker in 2025.

Where writers write.

The hidden personality clues in every Only Murders in the Building apartment.

Things no one tells you about decluttering.

These photos are real.

The art of grid journaling.

Simplify your life immediately.

And this wildlife crossing over a highway in Utah. Thanks to my pal Nancy Davis Kho for sharing the video.

Happy Sunday,