Happy, Happy Friday, Folks! When we aren’t cooking and baking, or feeding goats and fending off evil roosters, we’re curating new interests and harboring questionable habits for old ones. Here’s a quick look at what we’ve been into this week!
Erin’s Week in Favorites
1. I’m often visiting friends in Portsmouth, NH, and one place we love to spend time at is Book & Bar, a discounted bookstore and coffee/brew shop. I’m joining a few friends on a visit there in the next couple of days and there’s no doubt I’ll be there, sipping on some Lady Jasmine Tea (origin: Teatotaller Teahouse) and sifting through the shelves.
2. Today is Anaïs Nin‘s birthday! She’s my very favorite writer, and I think I will channel my inner Nin (My Ninner Me?) today–maybe more of her attitude than her erotica, but you get what I mean. Celebrate your Ninner-You while remembering these wise words: “Good things come to those who hustle.”
3. Ah, the end of winter. That’s when all the colds you hadn’t come down with yet come out to play, right? I’ll be drinking many, many cups of this homemade tea (starring local honey, star anise, cinnamon, cloves, lemon and, if the mood strikes, a splash of whiskey) this weekend to fend off the oncoming snot-storm (another beautifully coined term. You’re welcome).
4. Josh. Ritter. He has a show looming in the near future that I simply cannot wait for. It’ll be my first Josh Ritter concert, which I’ve been meaning to get to since I was a junior in High School. Here’s to checking that one off the list.
5. Getting bit by the travel bug is like getting bit by a tick…you’ll probably contract something that isn’t just going to go away. Well, I have both lyme disease and travel disease. It looks like my next big trip may be Norway, or so I decided this week.
Jillian’s Week in Favorites
1. 3191 Quarterly is written and photographed by two friends, one living in Oregon and the other living in Maine. The namesake is inspired by the distance between their two homes. The magazine is full of diptych images juxtaposing the seasons and landscapes of their two homes, and the images and writing is all so soothingly soft and serene.
2. Erin showed The Kings of Summer a few weeks ago, and it has been on my mind ever since. I’m a sucker for a good coming of age tale, and this one feels so honest and pure—and a killer soundtrack to boot. The movie is beautifully shot and the story left me with such cozy, nostalgic, feel-good thoughts.
3. I love Beck, “Morning Phase.” Thank you, NPR, for yet another wonderful First Listen. I’m a fan of all things Beck, but this latest album of his is already my favorite. It’s smooth and slow and feels just like a perfect Sunday morning.
4. #TheoandBeau. Okay. There was a time in my life, not that long ago, when babies and cute animals were just not appealing to me. I am a changed woman. This dog, and the way he cares for the little boy he lives with is quite possibly the sweetest relationship I have ever seen photographed. I completely fall apart and melt at each new photo. I’ve gone soft…and I think I’m okay with it.
5. I’m one of those people who just seem to get a cold around Thanksgiving and not get rid of it until sometime in May. This winter I’ve received a few different amazing DIY Get Well Kits, and each time I have been so very touched by the kindness that went into such a simple, useful, and thoughtful gift. Make a few up to give to friends the next time they’re sick!
Our Rambling House 