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Recs #82: Spring book recs, cozy rainy days, inspiring art finds
A grab bag of delights: What I'm reading, watching, clicking on this week
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This is the Friday post at Downtime, a feel-good weekly roundup of recommendations and delightful distractions. If the email cuts off, you can view it on the web.
Happy Friday, friends! How was your week? After a few drizzly few days this week, Daylight Savings has finally brought with it additional hours of sunshine, giving me an immediate boost of happiness and good vibes. My week was filled with simple joys: spotting pine cones in the yard with my daughter, cutting and gluing our way through spring crafts at the library (GOD BLESS and protect our local libraries for providing free and engaging events for tired parents and their toddlers), and just soaking up the slow shift into brighter days.
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As you read this, I’ll be on my way to a weekend girls’ trip. What is it about vacations that make us all panic-shop all of the things?! I made an intention to shop more mindfully this year, and I completely, shamefully broke it this past week as I popped all the “low-heeled minimal sandals” that would express-ship to me into my cart as I was convinced that this was The One Closet Gap I Needed to Fill ASAP. Groan. (I did find these shoes however, which I do like...) How do you avoid pre-trip shopping sprees? Any tips for next time?
Today’s issue is PACKED (2,000+ words!) with inspiring things that caught my eye this week, including:
A curated edit inspired by the early spring rain
March book releases I can’t wait to dive into
A few thought-provoking reads worth your time
3 beautiful art finds, including one made with a traditional European printing method
… and other bits of inspiration to accompany your next cup of coffee or tea. Hope you find something you love.
—Alisha
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Edit: Cozy, Rainy Spring Days
There’s something about a rainy spring morning that makes the world feel softer, like it’s been wrapped in a cool, damp embrace. Mornings like this make me think of the garden, of hands in the dirt and that quiet, steady work of coaxing things to grow. Rain taps against the window, the kind of sound that makes you want to curl up with a book, but instead, my mind drifts to seeds, to roots, to the way life keeps moving forward, one soft, steady drop at a time. In honor of this feeling, an edit, below.
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Waterproof clogs in a joyful daffodil yellow.
Alexa Chung’s Barbour collab — full of joyful inspo! (Sadly, the pieces seem to not be available, at least in the US, but I found this yellow Barbour