Spring is the perfect time to try something new.
Start an herb garden
Herb gardens can provide fresh new flavors to your meals. They can be large & outside, or small & near the kitchen.
These herbs are easy to grow indoors in a sunny spot:
- Basil
- Cilantro
- Chives
- Parsley
- Dill
- Oregano
- Thyme
- Mint
Ready to head outside? These herbs are easy outsiders:
- Mint
- Thyme
- Chives
- Lemon Balm
- Sage
- Oregano
- Parsley
- Basil
- Dill
- Rosemary
Spring Clean: Tidy Up with the KohMari Method
If you don’t already know Marie Kondo, hold onto your hat. Her 2019 debut on Netflix blew our minds as she taught us to get busy getting rid of items that no longer have value–keeping items that “Spark joy!” and “thanking” and then tossing those that no longer serve us. Follow her cathartic methods to get organized and you life will never be the same!
Her six basic rules to get started:
- Commit yourself to tidying up.
- Imagine your ideal lifestyle.
- Finish discarding first. Before getting rid of items, sincerely thank each item for serving its purpose.
- Tidy by category, not location.
- Follow the right order.
- Ask yourself if it sparks joy.
The 5 categories to tackle:
- Clothes
- Books
- Papers
- Komono (a.k.a. Miscellaneous Items)
- Sentimental Items
Bright days & Fresh Air make this the perfect time to Start Walking.
- Stability: You want good lateral support: a shoe that you can’t bend or twist easily in your hands.
- Cushioning: Having a uniform level of cushioning, rather than a huge heel cushion, is more comfortable for many walkers.
- Fit: Getting shoes that fit you well is the most important factor of all. Getting fit by a footwear expert is your best way to do that.
April showers keeping you inside? Try walking at home with Leslie Sansone!
Grab a Hammock & Start a Great Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK READ BY MERYL STREEP
In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America’s finest writers.
In the spring of 2020, Lara’s three daughters return to the family’s orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called Tom Lake. As Lara recalls the past, her daughters examine their own lives and relationship with their mother, and are forced to reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew.
Tom Lake is a meditation on youthful love, married love, and the lives parents have led before their children were born. Both hopeful and elegiac, it explores what it means to be happy even when the world is falling apart. As in all of her novels, Ann Patchett combines compelling narrative artistry with piercing insights into family dynamics. The result is a rich and luminous story, told with profound intelligence and emotional subtlety, that demonstrates once again why she is one of the most revered and acclaimed literary talents working today.
Available in print & Audible (Bonus: it’s narrated by Meryl Streep!)
“Patchett leads us to a truth that feels like life rather than literature.” —The Guardian
“Spring: a lovely reminder of how beautiful change can truly be.” —Unknown
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