this was a good week!

including axolotls, Black Dandyism, and the benevolent order of decent neighbours

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I don’t know about you, but for me, this week flew. I’m not mad at it, though: in addition to a couple of speaking gigs and a lot of writing, I also managed to work in some considerable downtime. Score.

There was also a lot of good stuff around the web! Here’s what I’ve found:

great substack reads:

• The Benevolent Order of Decent Neighbors Hanging Out Together and Building A Better World — I’ve been thinking a lot about how we can take care of each other (more in an upcoming newsletter), and these words by

  Garrett Bucks
  are inspiring lovely imaginings.

• Watercolor Mornings & Manifestation Lists — I’ve been following the work of my friend

  Lucrecer
  for decades — and this beautiful essay is an example of why.

and then, there was all this goodness I found around the internet this week: