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Spring Break 2017
Published: Mar 17, 2017
Category:
Beyond Classification
It’s Spring Break for New York private schools, and the law is clear: If you don’t take your kid somewhere, you get a visit from the Social Police. So my daughter (aka The Young Person) and I are off to New Orleans. I could publish from there, but I want quantity time with her, and New Orleans is a good place to do that. And I could use a break. In a perfect world, I’ll have fresh words about something or other on Thursday. Or Friday. Until then, 32 links on topics I’ve been thinking about: health, relationships, citizenship, mental crispness and… New Orleans. Take good care.
NEW ORLEANS
Debra Shriver: In the Spirit of New Orleans
Debra Shriver: Stealing Magnolias: Tales from a New Orleans Courtyard
John Besh: My New Orleans: The Cookbook
HEALTH
Anthelios Sunscreen with Mexory
PUR 2-stage Water Filter/Dispenser
The Square Foot Garden: Gardening Made Easy
RELATIONSHIPS
Esther Perel: Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence
Patricia Bosworth: The Men in My Life: A Memoir of Love and Art in 1950s Manhattan
Lesley Blanch: The Wilder Shores of Love: The Exotic True Life Stories of Isabel Burton, Aimee Dubucq de Rivery, Jane Digby and Isabelle Eberhardt
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH
Dawn Tripp: Georgia: A novel of Georgia O’Keeffe
Roz Chast: Can’t We Talk about Something More Pleasant?
Gail Caldwell: Let’s Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship
CITIZENSHIP
Timothy Snyder On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
HISTORY
Tom Holland: Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
FUN
Michael Tonello: Bringing Home the Birkin: My Life in Hot Pursuit of the World’s Most Coveted Handbag
ALERTNESS
Mental Clarity
Twyla Tharp: The Creative Habit
SPIRIT
Rainer Maria Rilke: Letters on Life
Viktor Frankl: Man’s Search for Meaning
Anne Lamott: Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace
David Chadwick: Crooked Cucumber: The Life and Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki
