What I read today May 10
- How a Hole Punch Shaped Public Perception of the Great Depression, Atlas Obscura
- A 101-Year-Old Tattoo Artist Is Teaching Girls to Ink for Independence, Atlas Obscura
- I Have a Few Questions for Gina Haspel, NY Times
- How do you move mountains of unwanted weed?, The Guardian
What I read today May 9
- Are sensory bins Montessori or not?, the montessori notebook
- The Launch of HogTree, UNCONVENTIONAL STORIES FROM AN APPLE FARMER
- Benefits of Bearded Iris: Strong Stems & Resilient Flowers, Horticulture
- Rural Kansas is dying. I drove 1,800 miles to find out why, New Food Economy
- Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf, The Plant hunter
Recipe to try:
- Savory Chickpea Pancakes, Munchies
- How to Make Paneer Cheese, Food in Jars
What I read today May 8
- The incredibly frustrating reason there’s no Lyme disease vaccine, Vox
- The New Era of Abstinence, NY Times
- Why Hawaiians Place Plants Before a Wall of Hot Lava, Atlas Obscura
- Reading American History Through Handkerchiefs, Atlas Obscura
- Giving Met Gala Garms the Art Historical Treatment, Sleek Mag
- A Rare Collection of 19th-Century Photographs of Native Americans Goes Online, Hyperallergic
- Newly Digitized Collection of Early 20th-Century Lakota Drawings Tells a Curious History, Hyperallergic
- Meet Kippee, A Foster Hen Living in a Brooklyn Apartment with 700+ Plants, Modern Farmer
- Growing Community, Gardens, and Land Trusts: Raymond Figueroa, Jr. in the South Bronx, Welcome2TheBronx
- Oh Hi, Gothamist
- So You Want to Date a New York Museum, The New Yorker
- I’m Sorry To Report Instagram Is Bad Now, Buzzfeed News
- Rebecca Solnit: Whose Story (and Country) Is This?, Literary Hub
What I read today May 4
- MOM TALK: RAISING KIDS IN A ZERO WASTE FAMILY, Mother Mag
- 3 Women on What It’s Like to Have an Extreme Habit, Man Repeller
- Sessions terminates US policy that let legal pot flourish, AP
- What’s the point of an MA in design anyway?, It's Nice That
- “Dial down the feminism” creator Alex Bertulis-Fernandes on the aftermath of going viral, It's Nice That
- The Comments on My Selfies Are Different Now That I’m a Mom, Man Repeller
- Boy Scouts Will Drop the ‘Boy’ in Its Namesake Program, as It Welcomes Girls Next Year, NY Times
- Bill Nye's Tips for Getting Kids Excited About Science , Life Hacker
- The Singular Magic of Maira Kalman : At home with the beloved writer and illustrator., The Cut
What I read today April 30
- Cities 101: The Explanation Behind Those Thermometer Stickers on Subway Ceilings, Untapped Cities
- THE MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY, the kavanaugh report
- The Depression-Era Glassware That Came in Boxes of Oatmeal, Atlas Obscura
- The Bygone Baguette Mailboxes of French Polynesia, Atlas Obscura
- The Uncanny Delights of the World Balloon Convention, Atlas Obscura
- DON’T BELIEVE THIS FEARMONGERING ABOUT PESTICIDES, The Outline
- WHITE FEMINISTS IDENTIFY SO STRONGLY WITH THE HANDMAID’S TALE BECAUSE IT IS A SHOW ABOUT WHITE WOMEN IN SLAVERY., Wear your voice mag
- The real Madagascar — via the world’s most dangerous road, FT
- Why Food Waste Is Not a Solution to Hunger, Yes Magazine
- LISTEN: Car Births, Call-In Style, longest shortest time
- Michelle Wolf Did Her Job. It’s the Correspondents’ Dinner That Is the Problem., NY Times
- Michelle Wolf Sets Off a Furor at White House Correspondents’ Dinner, NY Times
What I read today April 27
- The Diva Who Grew Her Own Exotic Kingdom, Messy nessy chic
- The Age of 'Shotgun Cohabitation', The Atlantic
- The Secret to Magic Mornings? Put the Kids to Work, NY Times
What I read today April 25
- 5 IDEAS TO TRY WHEN FAMILY IS FAR AWAY, the kavanaugh report
- How to Make Lip Balm That'll Get You High, Broadly
- New Yorkers could get reserved parking spots under new bill, Curbed
- THE BUSINESS OF BEING BOHO: FINDING COMMON GROUND, Jungalow
- A Restaurant Row Blooms in Brooklyn, including the Japanese Storefront Nana, Forbes
What I read today April 20
- Meet Madagascar's 27-Year-Old Literary Ambassador, Broadly
Eric is reading the little guy a Malagasy dictionary we're so lacking for Malagasy children's books to read. I might read this translated book at some point - 10 MINUTES WITH GUS -- MONTESSORI YOUNG TODDLER WEEK 20, the kavanaugh report
- Reading Aloud to Young Children Has Benefits for Behavior and Attention, NY Times
- Culture shapes how children view the natural world, Salon
- What Would Make Urban Agriculture in New York City More Equitable?, Civil Eats
- A Dying 700-Year-Old Banyan Tree Was Brought Back to Life With an IV, Atlas Obscura
What I read today April 17
- HOW TO RAISE KIND KIDS: 5 THINGS YOU CAN DO STARTING NOW, Mother Mag
- A Lavish Victorian Typeface Fit for Modern Times, AIGA Eye on Design
- All the World’s Terribleness, Visualized, AIGA Eye on Design
- Scientists solve mystery of how Giant's Causeway was formed, The Guardian
- NYC Will Remove Statue of Doctor Who Performed Gynecological Experiments on Women Slaves, Jezebel
What I read today April 13
- 6 Things to Keep in Mind Before Your Child’s First Flight, The Points Guy
- How to Prepare for a Child’s First Flight, Boarding Area
Little dude and I are going to Arizona this summer! - Black Teen Who Missed Bus to School Gets Shot at While Trying to Ask for Directions , The Root
- Why America’s Black Mothers and Babies Are in a Life-or-Death Crisis, NY Times Mag
SOOOOO GOOD but I can't recommend reading the comment section - USING A FORK -- MONTESSORI YOUNG TODDLER WEEK 19, the kavanaugh report
- The Never-Ending Task of Shielding Black Kids From Negative Stereotypes, The Atlantic
- Why American Students Haven't Gotten Better at Reading in 20 Years, The Atlantic
What I read today April 12
- Moving for Good, Derek Sivers
- Black Kids Don’t Want to Read About Harriet Tubman All the Time, NY Times
- Today Zuckerberg made it clear he doesn’t care about users, The Outline
- Zuckerberg owned himself, The outline
- Children in the world’s largest refugee camp are severely malnourished, The Outline
- The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles – a cautionary tale for tourists, The Guardian
- The Subways Melted Down Real Good (Again) This Morning, Village Voice
Yep, this was my morning - FRIDA KAHLO WAS A COMMUNIST, SO STOP CAPITALIZING OFF HER LIKENESS, Wear Your Voice
- President Signs Executive Order Mandating That Poor People Work or Lose ‘Welfare’, The Root
- Trump Signs Order to Require Recipients of Federal Aid Programs to Work, NYTimes