When I read Austin Kleon’s substack newsletter this week about Dead Week, I knew that would be my theme for Link Love this week. I love the idea that the week between Christmas and New Year’s is a “dead week”. Whatever needed to be done for the year was either completed before Christmas or can…
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Link Love: Yule Be Glad It’s Link Love
Today is Winter Solstice, AKA Yule, which means it is the shortest day of the year. It’s a good time to embrace the dark and prepare for longer days, even if, for many of us, we will be facing many more cold, dark days as January will bring snow and cold. I plan to light…
Link Love: Countdown to the Holidays
Is anyone else thrown off by Christmas falling over a weekend this year? I feel incredibly ill-prepared. Maybe it’s two years of pandemic or a new job or four new cats in my life but I am just having a hard time believing that Christmas is only two weeks away. Any tips for getting the…
Link Love: Inkmas is coming!
Starting tomorrow, the staff here at WAD will start our annual inky tradition of an ink review a day until Christmas day. We want to share with you some of our favorite inks, whether they are just released or old favorites. So, don’t forget to check back in everyday for the next 12 days to…
Link Love: It’s beginning to look a lot like Gift Guide!
While I am excited about the release of the 2022 Holiday Gift Guide episode of the Pen Addict Podcast, there has also been other events this week worth noting. Laura recorded the 400th episode of her YouTube vlog, The Corner of Knit & Tea. That’s a lot of knitting. And tea! Pantone, though they are…
Link Love: Black Friday Edition
Here in the US, Thanksgiving is tomorrow so if you’re reading this then you are either “pretending to work” your final day before the holiday weekend or you are using this post as an excuse to ignore a family member under the guise of “checking your work email.” Happy to provide a diversion. Now, I…
Link Love: In A Friend-zy!
I’m not the only person at The Desk who has had a change in career this month. Ms. Jesi also started a new job this month and, much to my delight, the company she is working for is headquartered here in Kansas City. So, this week, Jesi had to fly to KC to come to…