What are you doing this weekend? Twelve-year-old Anton and I are going to Maine for a couple of nights to take long walks and breathe in the fresh ocean air. I will report! I hope you have a good one, and here are some links from around the web…
The history of the nineteenth.. (NYTimes giveaway link)
Father’s Day gift guides are so much fun. “A personalized hammer. In case your dad mistakes his hammer for another dad’s hammer at the hammer show.”
Are you watching the new show? Maximum pleasure guaranteed? the trailer It’s very convincing.
Honestly I’m tempted get a foldable phone.
Behind the scenes of the first official portrait of Barack and Michelle together. And the New York Times writes about the library: “The Obamas have always emphasized that this museum was not intended to be a traditional presidential library, but also a community center, a sprawling campus with a garden, a basketball court and a performance space.”
That a nice dressand incredible offers on beautiful shoes.
I’m reading the novel Lion about a daughter and her charismatic, race-car-driving, cocaine-addicted, mostly-absent father, and it’s really beautiful. Highly recommended.
A plum tree as a birthday gift!
What is graduation night like in the United States?. “I bought McDonald’s and went to bed,” Josephine said. “I fell asleep in my makeup.” (NYTimes giveaway link)
How to tell your spouse “I want a divorce”?? (Big Salad, with paywall, thank you very much for your support)
Also, two comments from readers:
Sage says of a strange but amazing sleep trick: “Wow, this is crazy. I tried this trick tonight with my nine-year-old daughter; she’s been having a hard time falling asleep lately; lots of anxiety and emotions, and she fell asleep in less than a minute. I’m blown away. Thank you!”
Kim says of the time: “Amid the perils and pleasures of raising a teenage daughter, I’ll remember this advice. Not everything is an emergency that needs to be resolved on the spot. Not all feelings are marching orders, not with her or with anyone (including me). Last night, she was mad at me (and vice versa). This morning, she raises her arms to pull me toward her and says, ‘Mom, my mom, my mom, come here.’ Everything is as it should be.”
(Maine photo by Maria Alexandra Vettese/3191 miles away.)
