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What are you up to this weekend? Twelve-year-old Anton and I are heading to Maine for a couple nights, to take long walks and breathe that fresh ocean air. Will report back! Hope you have a good one, and here are a few links from around the web\u2026<\/p>\n
The history of Juneteenth<\/a>. (NYTimes gift link)<\/p>\n Father\u2019s Day gift guides are so funny<\/a>. \u201cA Personalized Hammer. Just in case your dad confuses his hammer with another dad\u2019s hammer at the hammer function.\u201d<\/p>\n The ultimate summer cookout spread<\/a>, yummm.<\/p>\n Are you watching the new show Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed<\/a>? The trailer<\/a> is very compelling.<\/p>\n I\u2019m honestly tempted to get a flip phone<\/a>.<\/p>\n Behind-the-scenes of the first official portrait of Barack and Michelle together<\/a>. And writes the New York Times about the library: \u201cThe Obamas have always emphasized that this museum was not intended to be a traditional presidential library, but also a community hub, a sprawling campus with a garden, a basketball court and performance space.\u201d<\/p>\n What a pretty dress<\/a>, and amazing deals on gorgeous shoes<\/a>.<\/p>\n I\u2019m reading the novel Lion<\/a> about a daughter and her charismatic race-car-driving, cocaine-addicted, mostly absent father, and it\u2019s really beautiful. Highly recommend. <\/p>\n The Black Jeopardy misses<\/a>.<\/p>\n A plum tree as a birthday present<\/a>!<\/p>\n What prom night looks like in America<\/a>. \u201cI got McDonald\u2019s and went to bed,\u201d Josephine said. \u201cI fell asleep in my makeup.\u201d (NYTimes gift link)<\/p>\n Plus, two reader comments:<\/p>\n Says Sage on a weird-but-amazing trick for falling asleep<\/a>: \u201cYA\u2019LL, this is nuts. I tried this trick tonight with my nine-year-old \u2013 she\u2019s been having a super tough time falling asleep lately; lots of anxiety and emotions \u2014 and she was asleep in less than a minute. My mind is blown. Thank you!\u201d<\/p>\n Says Kim on the tincture of time<\/a>: \u201cAmid the perils and pleasures of raising a tween daughter, I will remember this advice. Not everything is an emergency to be solved on the spot. Not all feelings are marching orders, with her or anyone (myself included). Last night, she was angry with me (and vice versa). This morning, she reaches up her arms to pull me to her, saying \u2018Momma, my momma, my mommy, come here\u2019. It is all as it should be.\u201d<\/p>\n (Photo of Maine by Maria Alexandra Vettese<\/a>\/3191 Miles Apart<\/a>.)<\/p>\n