Senses working overtime #306

 1 On the bill tonight...

Some great band posters on this site.

2 Positive obsession

3 Custody (by Luisa A. Igloria)

4 Jazz keys

Try it - it's fun!

5 Recommended newsletters

As you can see - I love on-line newsletters. This list has a few I subscribe to - so, yes. It's a good list!

Overtime: Remember...

Senses working overtime #305

1 Shelter in poems

Photo by Aditya Siva on Unsplash

Take shelter and solace in these strange times from these poems.

2 Record club

A podcast that delivers.

3 Needledrop

Huge thanks to Laura Olin for those last two links.

4 Russian Doll 

I love Groundhog Day so I'll check this one out, especially as Annie Murphy (Schitt$ Creek) has joined the cast for season 2.

5 Pop-up houseplants

Overtime: Stacking books by Mary Ellen Bartley

This is weirdly soothing!

Senses working overtime #304

 1 How to do nothing 

Jenny Odell gives the lowdown. You could listen to the trees while you read.

2 Pocket's top 10 stories of February

3 Tinnitist

Presents 41 songs to take you to the brink (take a look/listen)

4 Renegades

Bruce Springsteen and his mate, Barack Obama, have put together a podcast. Yes - really!

5 Billy Cobham

This week I listened to Spectrum a lot. 

Overtime: John Wooden signs off the week:

Basketball coach John Wooden, winner of 10 championships, on giving:

"There is a wonderful, almost mystical, law of nature that says three of the things we want most—happiness, freedom, and peace of mind—are always attained when we give them to others. Give it away to get it back."

Source: Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

Senses working overtime #303

 1 Stan Getz

I've spent the week listening to a lot of his cool jazz albums (turns out I have a lot of them!). Downbeat is one fav.

2 Behind the scenes in the White House

Fascinating description from The New Yorker.

3 Zoom fatigue

4 Flim

This is a supercool movie screenshot search engine! Just what you needed to know!

5 Marianne Faithfull 

What she's been up to lately!

Overtime: Do one thing at a time!

Overtime: What makes successful relationships!

Senses working overtime #302

 1 Perseverance on The Red Planet

The Perseverance lands successfully on Mars.

2 The catchiest theme song of all time (apparently)

3 Texas is going through surreal winter hell

I enjoyed this piece from Austin Texas, sorry Austin Kleon on what living in Texas is like.

4 The old ways

Austin also had this great interview with his grandma (who died recently - in her mid 90s). 

5 Cool posters

Overtime: Autumn Leaves

I've spent a few days listening to Miles Davis' hard bop late 50's, early 60's albums and Autumn leaves was a standout. It's from his album with Cannonball Adderley - 1958's Somethin' Else.

Senses working overtime #301

1 Cape Kidnappers

During the week I was on a school trip to Cape Kidnappers - one of the students was impatient for the next stage of things (How long are we here for? When does lunch finish? etc) so I suggested he look around and enjoy his surroundings. For instance the clouds. He then proceeded to look up and tell me the names of all the clouds we could see. It was great! He'd love this cloud atlas.

2 Rest in supreme peace Mary Wilson

Mary is the classy one on the left - she'll always be linked to her time as one of the Supremes.

3 The easy way 

Photo by Rubén Bagüés on Unsplash

Seth Godin makes a great point about taking the easy pathway ...or not.

4 Drive and listen

This is great - Laura Olin alerted me to this (from Swiss Miss' blog - check it out below) on her own newsletter/blog thingy. Cruise some of the world's most famous city streets and listen to street noise or the local radio (London has three choices of radio - sadly no Radio 2 but you can't have everything!)

5 Swiss miss

Loads of great items on the Swiss Miss blog.

Overtime: Keep going

This week's sign off: 

“You don't always have to be doing something. You can just be, and that's plenty.” — Alice Walker

Senses working overtime #300

1 Three hundred

Photo by Max Chen on Unsplash

This is the first photo that came upin Unsplash when I typed in 300. Pretty appropriate - sunrise on a new day and a fresh horizon coming into view. Three hundred weeks/posts on JFTT is worth celebrating!

2 The rest of the world

Sometimes it's hard for us in New Zealand to remember that a lot of the world is still in lockdown. Austin has reminded me in his post.

3 The greatest nature essay ever...

Austin has introduced me to Brian Doyle. Allow me to pass the favour on to you!

4 The art of collage

5  James Whatley

After a lengthy absence, he's back in my inbox with his Five Things newsletter - what's that? Oh. You're welcome!

Overtime: Striving for a balance