It’s the weekend!

I’m headed to the Vineyard for the long weekend. I cannot wait to breathe ocean air and gaze up at a sky brilliant with stars! This weekend I am celebrating Sea Salt and Sailor Stripe’s first year anniversary! This is my 52nd “It’s the weekend” post!

I hope that you also have reasons to celebrate this weekend!

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On to this weekend’s post…

• The art of “hikaru dorodango” is all about making beautiful shiny spheres out of balls of dirt. People say that making them is meditative and calming. Must try!
• Words of wisdom from a high school student: My Gender-Fluid Senior Prom.
• Sometimes life is sad. There is no avoiding it. This comment from a Cup of Jo reader moved me:
  “I’m not into quotes but this one has carried me through after the loss of my eight-year-old son: ‘Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. It’s all the love you want to give, but cannot. All that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go.’”
• Goodness: The previous comment comes from this wonderful post: 17 Wonderful Reader Comments on Grief.
• Getting ready for summer? Got sunscreen? Here are my favorites.
• More Goodness: Thank you to my husband, Tom, who faithfully reads my posts and notifies me of any required corrections. Also, thank you for supporting my blog in every way!

Here are some of my favorite posts from the last year:

• A Week of Goodness – Starting 2018 Off on the Right Note This one is my favorite. It started my year off on the right note and it reminds me of how much good there is in our world.
• Review of the Felix Gonzalez-Torres Exhibit at David Zwirner Gallery. A wonderful exhibit that moved me so much. It’s long over, but I recommend seeking out Gonzalez-Torres’s work.
• Devin Mara, Peace Corps Volunteer, is helping to make a difference in our world and I am so grateful to people like Devin. If you know someone who is volunteering, please let me know. I’d like to write about other volunteers.
• It’s the weekend! (Number 26) My favorite It’s the weekend! post, because it is about goodness and gratitude. And I love the tap dancing!
• Favorite Things Number 1 My first Favorite Things post, with images from Martha’s Vineyard. I love these photos.
• In terms of food and drink, here are a few favorites:
  • Rosé-Aperol Spritz
  • Negroni Cocktails
  • Flour Bakery’s Banana Bread
  • Mussels with Sweet Italian Sausage and White Wine

About the photo: Sunset on Plum Island.