Smacksy Sunday Links

8 Ways to become a nicer person.

Don't finish that book.

Jewelry lessons I learned from my southern grandmother.

Child's pose.

What to say to someone who is dying.

Song at Capri.

Simple ways to feel better.

Porch snacks.

How to pick a good tomato.

And I will always vote - get a dog.

Happy Sunday.

Smacksy Sunday Links

I had to choose between my head and my heart.

Snacks and coffee will help.

All this staring at our faces is messing with our heads.

I love Nancy's Substack.

Helen of Troy and the perception of beauty.

The grief iceberg.

Samantha Morton.

The glorious burden of stockpiling little glass jars.

Forgetting the book is not proof that you failed it.

New images of the sun.

15 Most beautiful beach towns.

And scenes from the 2026 dog surfing championships.

Happy Sunday

Smacksy Sunday Links

Yield to the reality of the sublime.

On grief and the endless barter for time. 

Rest peacefully, Glen Hansard.

The comforting resurgence of Grandma Hobbies.

Her Odyssey translation.

An ode to vintage book design.

Turkish breakfast.

The live shark cam at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

And winners of the International Pet Photography Awards.

Happy Sunday

Smacksy Sunday Links

 

Most of our lives are spent running from the moment.

On critical thinking.

What to know before seeing 'The Odyssey."

The words have escaped the asylum. 

How to improve the quality of your everyday life.

The world's largest pop-up book.

These writing prompts.

What to do if you start choking when you're alone.

A painted cover from another mother.

New European entry requirements. 

This country has a word for ice cream roadtrip.

And a alive action anime-style bunny fight.

Happy Sunday.

Smacksy Sunday Links

 

My experience as an only child.

You got to dance with them what brung you.

Why we still love Mr. Darcy 200 years later.

She canceled her streaming services for the summer.

The joys of a simple life.

Too many books?

How to gently let go of sentimental clutter.

15 Ideas for using summer stone fruit. Yes, please.

And a baby panda on a slide.

Happy Sunday.

Smacksy Sunday Links

 

Questions to ask your grandparents.

Life design.

The silence of middle age.

The natural born artist.

On beauty and wellness.

There's no magic retirement number.

Money diaries.

We lived around the corner from this family in Aptos, in the 1970s.

Mediterranean summer staycation.

Six organic produce box subscriptions.

And this quokka. 

Happy Sunday.

Smacksy Sunday Links

Portraits from Ellis Island. 

How can you not be romantic about baseball?

Be the light.

Ann Patchett has already determined the best book of the year.

What ancient writers understood about bees.

A list of good cook books.

A little red cottage in the Swedish countryside.

The oldest restaurant in each state.

And a baby porcupine eating corn.

Happy Sunday.