It’s the weekend!

I’m looking forward to a birthday dinner celebration for my sister Lizzy this weekend. I also hope to finish yard projects, because it is getting very cold out there!

Enjoy your weekend!

I haven’t sorted myself out after last week’s election, turning the clocks back (with its accompanying early darkness), and the onset of cold weather. Thank goodness for comforting warm beverages, books, and good friends and neighbors. While on the Vineyard, we had a couple of friendly conversations with local residents. I am pretty sure that our politics are different, but we didn’t talk about politics. We talked about Greece, fishing, house projects, the deer eating our plants, the turkeys that are rapidly multiplying, and other topics that we could all relate to. It’s good to be reminded that we have a lot of things in common with our neighbors.

Here’s what I have to share this weekend.

• How Gilmore Girls Helped Me Understand My Mother — A moving look at the author’s changing understanding of her relationship with her mother. (Cup of Jo)
• Marrakech Markets: A Few Postcards for You  — Escape into the beautiful color of Marrakech. (Materfamilias Writes)
• I Tried the Chaos Method and Decluttered a Decade’s Worth of Stuff in My Storage Room — I need all the decluttering tips I can find. I’m not sure I could take this emotionally, but I can see how it would make a person fully realize the need to get rid of things. (Apartment Therapy)
• Pear Crisp — It’s the perfect season for this dessert. (Sea Salt and Sailor Stripes)
• Goodness: Hundreds of Brits Flock to Quiet Backyard After Bird from America Is Blown Off Course by Hurricane — One person has seen 500 bird species! (Good News Network)

About the photo: Moon rising over Katama Bay on Martha’s Vineyard.