Hello! Welcome to the next edition of my weekly habit of sharing.

Five things to share with you this week:

1. Best on creativity this week:

   • I like Glennon Doyle’s recent short videos on Instagram every weekday, but this one is particularly awesome for anyone who wants to write (or do anything creative) but thinks it’s too late. Don’t miss the paintings at the end done by an 87 year old woman! They’re gorgeous!
     

   • Also - this interview with writer and cartoonist, Lynda Barry (as shared by Austin Kleon) on NPR (you can listen or read the transcript.)
     

2. A few weeks ago I sent you Margo Aaron’s article on how mass media works to keep you uninformed and afraid (which is so important to every one of us that I’m linking to it again!) As follow-up, Margo added two quick posts worth reading, too: on fixing anxiety and then on fixing capitalism…don’t miss her links, either! IWT? What?
   

3. Best articles on the pandemic I found this week:

   • This clears up a lot of questions: Is the Virus on my Clothes? My Shoes? My Hair? My Newspaper?

   • I’m going to be very cautious when any politician—including and especially #45—tells me I’m safe: New MIT Machine Learning Model Shows Relaxing Quarantine Rules Will Spike Covid-19 Cases

   • This seems like a thorough and safe approach: Green zones: a mathematical proposal for how to exit from the COVID-19 lockdown

   • and then this. So true.
     

4. I love connecting online with friends and family on Zoom these days. Here are some ideas for playing games with others at a distance: here and here.

5. This week I finished the third and last book in the series, The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club. (Here’s books one and two). So fun! I know Book Three is supposed to be the last in the trilogy, but I’m hoping the adventures will continue some day.

Peace and joy until next week—

Denise

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