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What are you up to this weekend? We’re heading upstate with our old friends, who are visiting from northern England. Their sweet kids were in our wedding — and are now teenagers! Time flies. Hope you have a good one, and here are a few links from around the web…
The very American killing of Nia Wilson. (New Yorker)
10 useful foreign words without direct England translations. Love the Iranian one.
We recently got this weighted blanket, and it’s truly so calming.
What do 90-somethings regret most? “‘Do you wish you accomplished more?’ He responded, ‘No, I wished I loved more.'”
A touching surrogate story. (And congratulations, Piera!)
Digging this cool jacket.
Damn, elephants are amazing.
11 women remember their most embarrassing moments as 13-year-olds.
Domee Shi thinks kids can handle dark stories. (NYT)
Plus, two reader comments:
Says S. on four things: “I read an obituary once that said, ‘In lieu of flowers, please return your shopping carts to the store, don’t leave them all over the parking lot – that drove Larry crazy and it was his one wish for humanity.'”
Says Lauren on hobbies: “For the past four years, I’ve volunteered for four hours a week at the Housing Works Bookstore and the Wild Bird Fund (NYC’s only hospital for sick and injured wildlife). I wandered into them knowing no one and with few or no related skills, and my social circles and relationship with the city have exploded. Volunteering has blown the dust out of corners of my heart I tend to forget about, and in a town that can make you feel like the only person in the world, I feel like I have homes all over the place.”
(Photo by Isa Isa Floral. 90-somethings via Kottke.)
