friday link love

Happy Friday, friends! Another busy week where I am hoping something, something, will come together soon as I search for a new project. Being a freelancer can be the pits, sometimes. Two days ago, the amazing folks at Haven’s Kitchen invited me and a few other talented folks over for a lunch to celebrate Haven’s Kitchen turning 1! I could probably write a few pages on the amazing space Alison Schneider’s team has built – aesthetically, it’s as if someone picked my brain and deposited it into an actual, veritable place, white subway tiles and black grout (!) including. I came away inspired and hopeful that my own risk-taking will work out in the end. I’m also excited to have met HK’s talented team and to have partaken in the celebration of that first year. Now, here are some links to (hopefully) delight and entertain.

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Margaret Atwood has been one of my favorite writers for ages. I was transformed when I read “The Handmaid’s Tale” and I was completely drawn into “Alias Grace”. I’ve loved her other work: her novels, her stories, her poems, but the book that I keep by my bedside and return to for advice and inspiration is “Negotiating With the Dead: A Writer on Writing”. She’s incredibly forward-looking: in her books and also with her online writing tools. Forward-thinking, indeed!

A new food study links registered dietitians to “Big Food”. Kind of disheartening.

By now I think everyone’s heard of the ReviewerCard – I’ll abstain from commenting, but here’s something that might compete with it. And unlike the ReviewerCard, this one’s free!

“Ours was a storybook romance.” Creepy.

I can’t wait to see this. I loved Before Sunrise and Before Sunset – so a third installment sounds incredible.

80% of antibiotics sold in the United States are used in animals. If that’s not disturbing, I don’t know what is.

The appetite workout. Interesting.

There’ve been countless “blogging rules” published across the interwebs, so no need to reinvent the wheel, right? And yet, something about Jenny’s post captured me. She doles out some good advice. Not SEO or traffic or any of that crap. Just sound advice about thinking, content, clarity of vision. This might be my favorite “blogging advice” entry I’ve read.

Have a great weekend, everyone!