In addition to The Perfection Trap and The New Happy, I am reading Women Rowing North by Mary Pipher. I love her author talk at Politics and Prose from a few years ago. If you don’t have time to read the book, I hope you will have a listen. We need to change the way we look at and talk about aging. It’s so much more interesting and complex than societal narratives would have us believe.

Million Dollar Weekend by Noah Kagan is about more than entrepreneurship. It’s about making the ask. It’s about knowing if something is a good idea. It’s about getting used to hearing no and reframing rejection as a badge of honor. I listened to about two-thirds of the audiobook before deciding that I needed my own copy to have and to hold.

Two plant books that I love enough to get copies of my own:

Indoor Kitchen Gardening by Elizabeth Millard

I have always wanted a greenhouse and have plotted and schemed for years to get one. But I am also trying to embrace a “use what you have” mentality. We have a sun room and I realized that I could use this room as a greenhouse with the added benefit of going out there in my PJs. It has windows on two sides plus skylights. It’s not heated but it does benefit from the heating in the adjacent living spaces. I have racks with grow lights set up plus heating mats for seedlings.

Millard’s book is practical and easy and doesn’t require you to get a Ph.D. in lighting like some inside gardening books. She’s also a great cheerleader for gardeners of all skill levels.

What Is My Plant Telling Me?: An Illustrated Guide to Houseplants and How to Keep Them Alive by Emily L. Hay Hinsdale

I love houseplants. I do better with some than others. The spider plants have taken over despite my lack of knowledge. Some, have completely failed. With others, I have beaten the odds. I’ve killed easy plants while notoriously difficult ones have thrived. This book is the best I’ve seen. It doesn’t include every plant, but it has many and the information is easy to follow.