Handle with care: the international community sending parcels of pure joy through the mail https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/apr/06/friendship-books-fbs-international-community #Australianlifestyle #Australianews #Lifeandstyle #Friendship #Hobbies #Craft
Stanley Bing was a master of business humor, a narrower-than-normal niche but one he filled with wit, acid and panache. And every so often, you can turn a page and, hidden amongst the flinty, wry observations, is a profound truth that hits you like a ton of bricks.
Stanley Bing • biz words — Power Talk for Fun and Profit • 1989
'Later that night, she wiped an eyelash off my cheek and told me to make a wish. Before I could though:
“Fuck, I’ve dropped it. Let’s do shots.”'
Gorgeous guest blog about #friendship by Emilia Romero from this time last year.
https://www.girlonthenet.com/blog/choose-your-people/
Your last conversation with them, you were looking for answers, but they were looking for closure.
I build flexible IT systems that don't require maintenance.
My friend told me that he does work that satisfies user requirements but purposefully doesn't build perfect systems; so that he is called back.
I'm non judgemental outside of racism; so I don't think anything of our different approaches.
Appreciate that there’s still room in this 
news cycle for a reputable national news org to run a story like this reminding us about the inherit goodness of people and the value of long-term #friendship
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/best-friends-birthday-card-1.7501500
These best friends have sent each other the same birthday card for over 80 years
Pat DeReamer and Mary Wheaton-Kroger exchange the same card every year to celebrate each other's birthday — a tradition they've kept for the past 81 years.
#friendship #birthday #tradition #Radio #AsItHappens
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/best-friends-birthday-card-1.7501500?cmp=rss
These best friends have sent each other the same birthday card for over 80 years
Pat DeReamer and Mary Wheaton-Kroger exchange the same card every year to celebrate each other's birthday — a tradition they've kept for the past 81 years.
#friendship #birthday #tradition #Radio #AsItHappens
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/best-friends-birthday-card-1.7501500?cmp=rss
I finished the book The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center by Rhaina Cohen.
While I liked the idea, the book was very heavy on anecdote, and I wanted more discussion about the implications of decentering romance and committing to friendship -- and perhaps more research.
Instead of positing that friend partnership was an option, it seemed, instead, to show, perhaps without meaning to, the ways that society isn't yet ready for types of partnership outside of romantic coupling. If other people aren't judging, the law gets in the way, or one friend-partner may suddenly decide to center romance with someone else.
And while even if you find someone who holds the value of finding partnerships and close found family members, it's even rarer to find people who you harmonize with.
Since we've been inundated with the "romance/marriage at the center" story from birth (looking at you, Disney, etc.), it's really hard to resist the notion and follow another path.
Unless we adults make them so, children's lives are not complicated. They approach the world with eyes that see, hands that want to touch, hearts open to friends and friendship.
The Teal Umbrella framed print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/the-teal-umbrella-steve-henderson.html?product=framed-print
'Pebbling' keeps me connected with friends when I'm exhausted
When the thought of a phone call is too much for me, I can still manage to send an image or video to a friend as I let myself unwind.
'Pebbling' keeps me connected with friends when I'm exhausted
When the thought of a phone call is too much for me, I can still manage to send an image or video to a friend as I let myself unwind.
Thou canst not joke an Enemy into a Friend; but thou may’st a Friend into an Enemy.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1739 ed.)
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/43…
How to make friends with ponies in 3 easy steps:
Put out the hay in multiple piles so the ponies have choices.
Sit next to a hay pile like you’re having a picnic.
When the ponies come up to share your picnic spot, resist the monkey-instinct to pat them. Sharing a hay pile may not seem like you’re doing much, but you came here for 3 easy steps, didn’t you?
Actually, the ponies find it pretty meaningful to peacefully share a good snack spot. That doesn’t stop Abner from rudely sticking his face in Abigail’s face just to see if she still likes him enough to tolerate his more annoying behaviors sometimes. Just like sometimes, I don’t manage to resist the urge to pat. And I see in their expressions that they would often prefer if I sat there quietly and kept my hands to myself.
Woke up this morning and the Amazon ranking for The Drowners had jumped 1.3million spots, which can only mean one thing: I've sold my very first copy. Relieved. Excited. And humbled that someone would pay for my words. 
#WritingCommunity #writerlife #TheDrowners #books #booklovers #BOOKERS #YA #mentalhealth #Friendship #lgbtqia
Why I don't discuss politics with friends
https://shwin.co/blog/why-i-dont-discuss-politics-with-friends
You used to be close – but are you a ‘fringe friend’ now? https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2025/apr/01/fringe-friend-benefits #Wellactually #Lifeandstyle #Friendship
Unexpected journey. #grickledoodle #fairytales #gingerbreadman #fox #cartoon #friendship #art #drawing #funny
