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cleaning out the closet

Kari

well, my virtual closet, that is

my computer’s bookmarks are overflowing with links that i’ve never gotten around to sharing with you in tater tot posts. since it is the start of a new year, i figured now was as good a time as any to share some of the ones i never got around to sharing.

🖤

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100 questions to spark conversation & connection

Reimagining cities in a few simple questions | Seth’s Blog

For My Mother Who Means To Feel Everything

Think yourself better: 10 rules of philosophy to live by

Figurative Sculptures of Hands and Feet Depict the Body Language of Children (i shared similar artwork in another tater tot post)

The 24 Coolest Towns in the USA

6 Places To Buy Books Online That Aren’t Amazon

3 Suggestions For Communicating With The Dead, From An M.D.

10 Soothing Poems On Getting Older From Writers Who Get It (“Pick up your glass and tell me, then—How old is Spring, Miranda?”)

Horse Lover Lives Off-Grid in Her ‘Tiny-ish’ Tiny House (this place made me want to live in a tiny house)

Cherry Grove – Chris Glass

When in doubt, look for the fear | Seth’s Blog

Don’t Be A Buddhist – by Satya Robyn – Gentle Buddhism

Sausage & Peppers & Potatoes & Onions | Dan Pelosi aka GrossyPelosi (the house will smell so good…)

Phantasma Gloria at Randyland in Echo Park – California Through My Lens

Vent Writing Allows You To Let It All Out in Private | Well+Good

For all Beings | Zenju Earthlyn Manuel

Vision Quest – is a search for purpose in one’s own life

How We Can Work Together to Avoid Cultural Appropriation in Yoga

17 Life-Learnings from 17 Years of The Marginalian (so good)

Chicken Paprikas | life of a doctor’s wife (i’ve never had this before. i can’t wait to try.)

How to buy the perfect gift for anyone in your life – Vox

Emotional labor and the myth of “women’s work” | Regina F. Lark

Two ways to defend the status quo | Seth’s Blog

Crossings – Caring For Our Own at Death

Where To Donate Stuff: The Ultimate Guide – Be More with Less

The Grand Quilt | A Hundred Falling Veils

Best Easy Dinner Recipes From Ina Garten, From Man Who Cooked Them All

WTF Notebooks | Browse funny notebooks & inappropriate gift ideas

and this isn’t a link, but it made me smile:

@duckmasterkenon

This is the OFFICIAL “Maching Through The Snow” Duck March of 2024!!!😂❄️🦆❄️🦆❄️🦆❄️🦆❄️🦆😂#duckmasterkenon

♬ original sound – DUCK Master Kenon

seeing this post come to life reminds me of my friend jill’s something good posts. if something like this fills your soul, you should definitely follow her on her blog. her posts are brimming with lovely little gems like these (x10000).

you can read the history of the ducks (in the tiktok above) here.

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43 thoughts on “cleaning out the closet”

  1. You’ve shared so many wonderful links here! This should keep me busy and entertained for a while! I know how bookmarks can add up – sometimes, I do a clean-up and wonder why I saved certain ones!

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  4. Thank you for all the good stuff. Still rationing screentime, so I can’t click on all of them. I really miss reading! That tiny house is so nice–makes me want to live in one, too. And I love Seth’s questions about cities, and the way he so often gets me to see things differently. Thinking of you all the time.

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  5. I don’t think I have ever gone through and cleaned out my bookmarks… I just keep making new ones and never even use 90% of the ones I bookmark!

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  8. That’s a lot! Here goes . . .
    I’m always a sucker for travel articles like the 24 Coolest Towns, The Best Beaches in the World, Top Restaurants in America. Not that I’ll probably ever visit any of them!

    Communicating with the Dead was fascinating!!!! Cherry Grove was so relatable. I always have to point out to my husband where such and such used to be when we drive around Akron. And on our first date, we tried to go to Chi Chi’s, but it was packed. . . so we went to Ground Round!!! And then to a bar called Mugs that no longer exists, like everything else :(

    Don’t Be a Buddhist a little bit reminded me of a very funny book from years ago called Stuff White People Like. Things like pumpkin spice lattes . . . and yoga!!!

    I’ve seen the WTF Notebooks and they crack me up every time.

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    1. Ground round!! OMG, I completely forgot about that restaurant! When I was in high school, ChiChi’s was considered fine dining. 🤣

      I was going to write a post about death (and I still might), so that’s why I had two posts about death. But the fact that it was written by a doctor was intriguing.

      Stuff White People Like. OMG. That’s funny… there are so many things to add to that list.

      I had never heard of those notebooks until another blogger (Hi, Engie!) mentioned them on her blog around Christmas. So funny.

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  9. Thanks for sharing your lovely links! Will make for some cozy reading tonight. I have way too many things bookmarked, too. I’ve been slowly purging.

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  10. I started following Jill because of you! She shares so many lovely things week after week.
    I am bookmarking this post to come back to because yay, so many good things here Kari!
    Be well, my friend. You are daily in my thoughts and prayers. xoxoxo

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    1. Isn’t Jill the best? I love her so much.

      Thanks, Nicole. I know I am because my dad has improved since his hospitalization. I know you all are working on him from afar. I love you all so much😘❤️

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  12. “my computer’s bookmarks are overflowing with links.”

    OMG, me too, Kari! And the list (of movies, websites, recipes, photographs, etc.) just keeps getting longer and longer with each passing month. I need to clean out the closet as well.

    That TikTok video is ADORABLE!!!!

    Thanks so much for sharing the links, my friend! I’ll be back throughout the week to check them out!

    Sending LOTS of light, love, and healing to your dad (and you).

    ((((((((((((( XXXXXX ))))))))))))

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    1. Isn’t that sweet? The duck’s foot prints?? And his little chuckles at them made me very happy. That is a man who loves his job. ❤️

      Thank you, friend. I had planned to message you today. He started chemotherapy this morning, so we’ll take all the light, love, and healing.  😘❤️

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  13. A lovely friend who’s a professional declutterer (I soooo wish she lived closer to me though so I could engage her) taught me to consider all those online places where clutter builds. Thanks to her I do have regular purges, but mine are never as quality as yours :)

    Thanks for sharing with all you’re going through. Sending love <3

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  15. I clicked on the Coolest Towns link and was thrilled to see Yellow Springs, OH made the cut. Tara and I stayed there in 2021 and everything the article says is true: small little hippie utopia in the middle of a very conservative area. We even looked at houses there, just for fun, before settling on Wisconsin.

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  16. Oh my goodness Kari, so many great links! I am excited to check them out. Thank you for the link to my chicken paprikas recipe — I hope you enjoy it if you decide to give it a try.

    Hoping you and your family are doing as well as can be expected. xxoo

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  18. I read this yesterday. Went down a rabbit hole of links and then never commented. My phone won’t allow me to comment right now and I was on the stationary bike at the time. So here I am. I like the conversation starters. I have a niece that I want to set up on a date with a nephew on the other side, but they are in different states. I keep thinking I’ll give them some vitrual questions to answer to one another. Hmmm.

    Also, wait where did the ducks go? Maybe the guy explained it, but the tots were loud in here.

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  19. The Peabody Hotel ducks! omg! I’ve wanted to visit them since I was little. Make Way for Ducklings was one of my fav childhood books :-) So lovely to see the Peabody ducks continue ❤️

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