All the Good Reads You Need to Make the Most of Your Week
Even more good links for creative and curious folks
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It’s Wednesday but it already feels like Friday — anyone else having one of those weeks? Between winter weather woes, a work trip to Chicago, and not being able to ski or get outside all week, I’m looking for inspiration to keep me going.
Maybe you are too.
I’ve gathered good reads in crafting, art, travel and more, and I’m here to share.
For the nature lovers: learn all about bats
Listen to Joe Rogan’s interview with bat expert Dr. Merlin Tuttle as they talk all about bats for literally hours.
Not sure what’s so great about bats? Here’s a few fun facts for you to ponder:
“Bats, not birds or bees, are the world’s most effective long-distance pollinators, explaining why tropical plants often compete for their services.
Insect-eating bats save farmers approximately $23 billion in annual agricultural losses in the United States alone.” - merlintuttle.org
Ready to learn more? Start your bat adventure HERE
For the home owners
Did you listen to that podcast? Are you ready to help the bats? Well, you can start by building a bat house on your property
Learn about the benefits of bat houses with Joe Rogan below then start planning your build HERE:
For the yarn obsessed: knitters gaining fame
Read about the 83-year old knitter who has captured international attention for the sweaters she knit for the Oscar film The Banshees of Inisherin.
For everyone burned out on social media: is Pinterest the answer?
Read how Pinterest — the ultimate platform for makers, DIYers, and crafters — is making moves to stand out from other social media platforms as the healthy, inspiring option. Here’s a summary of their latest study:
Via a new study with UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, Pinterest says that daily interaction with inspiring content in the app helped Gen Z college students to buffer against burnout and stress, ‘even when they were studying for stressful college exams’.
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The study also found that active engagement with inspiring content on Pinterest ‘mitigated the consequences of physical stress on people’s daily positive emotion, preserving their capacity for feeling good’, while social connectedness also increased.
Are you convinced? Read more HERE
For the love of weird local news: Vail closures
Living in Vail, Colorado comes with it's challenges and traveling in the winter here usually entails checking for road closures due to the weather. We have our fair share of road closures with winter weather, but yesterday they closed I70 for… cattle!
Read the full story HERE or simply enjoy this snapshot.
Have an interesting find to share? Let me know in the comments and enjoy the rest of your week!
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Yes to a Wednesday that feels like a Friday… or maybe a third Monday. Hopefully Friday feels like Saturday. 😉