Good Things Friday (130) and Link Love
August 20, 2021
1. I finally learned the name of one kind of flower I really like but never bothered to look up: gladiolus! They’re striking!
2. Sometimes it feels like the robot vacuum taking a million passes on our high traffic floors is a judgment but then I’m just glad it’s there to pick up all that dirt.
Challenges this week: The world?
The ongoing situation in Afghanistan.
The nasty attitude this country has about refugees and our moral responsibility to be the country they pretend we already are.
The ongoing uncertainty with the Delta variant.
The ongoing uncertainty of having a child in school, in person.
The various nonsense and absurdities of my clientele at work.
Finding a healthy way to manage and minimize how much the incoming stressors affect my personal well being.
Terry Pratchett Was Never Here for Your Transphobic Nonsense
I agree with SHU here: “It is just feeling hard.” We have so much privilege and have been incredibly lucky so far, and we’re doing our best to help others while doing our level best to keep it together at home. And it’s still been really hard.
Something Good #30: Some Good Advice
This unassuming spot serves some of the best barbecue in the Bay Area
Rachel Turiel’s Spoiler Alert made my heart ache. I miss wanting to be around my family. I miss that deep core of enjoyment and appreciation of them in the moment. I love them to pieces and want them safe and if it means they’re home with me 24/7 with very short breaks, so be it, but it’s been many many many months.
Creating a More Empathetic Personal Finance Community One Bad Takes Bracket at a Time with Matt Lane
Overwork Is Taking a Huge Physical and Mental Toll on Workers
I resolve to steal some recipe ideas from the Tako family to revive my cooking.
This country steals from its citizens so much.
This is such a bizarre situation.
