I need to finish wrapping gifts for delivery and to plan holiday menus. I’ll be making a grocery list and checking it twice, so that I don’t need to make multiple trips to the store.
Have a great weekend!I hope that you are dug out from the snowstorm and that you have a great weekend.
It was a busy week, with a big Friday work deadline and digging out from a major snowstorm. I am hoping that this storm is not a harbinger of a snowy winter in our future.
- The story behind “And the People Stayed Home,” the little poem that became so much more. — I enjoyed reading about the poet who wrote this poem that went viral. (The Washington Post)
- Pantone’s color of the year for 2021 is two colors! Ultimate Gray and Illuminating (a very cheerful yellow). Pantone has only once before chosen two colors for a year. In 2016 the colors were Rose Quartz and Serenity. (Pantone)
Pantone describes this year’s choice as “A marriage of color conveying a message of strength and hopefulness that is both enduring and uplifting.” - “Emily in Paris” Season 2, Directed by David Lynch — Ha! Ha! (The New Yorker)
- These felted soaps, from sweetnola on Etsy, are sweet indeed! (Etsy)
- Joy shares how to package holiday cookie tins, which will come in handy this year. She has lots of cookie recipes to share too. (Joy the Baker)
- Our 28 Best Christmas Cookies and How to Make the Perfect Cookie Box — Just in case you need a few more ideas. (The New York Times)
- DIY: Mask Necklace Holder — Maybe for stocking stuffers? (Sea Salt and Sailor Stripes)
- Goodness: A D.C. lawyer learned English as a child from a teacher who tutored her each day. She found her to say thank you. (The Washington Post)
About the photo: Amaryllis in bloom.