this was a good week

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This was a good week! Here’s why:

I grew tomato sprouts! (The trick will be to keep them alive!) Also, I celebrated the amazing career dreams of two dear friends, and after a week of record highs, a cool front has moved back to Houston — I may even light the fire again today. Yes.

• Speaking of cold weather: I love this ingenious invention that helps cold commuters warm up, and get a scarf in the process!

This engineer invented a glove so he could communicate more effectively with his hearing-impaired niece. Ingenious.

This video of a minutes-old humpback whale and her mother is just beautiful.

Blog posts like this make me miss London terribly.

In defense of small talk.

• Did you know that back in the old days, roller skaters at roller rinks use to skate to live organ music? And — get this — at one rink, they still do!

• And finally, for today’s soundtrack, I’m digging the bossa nova vibe of the Black Eyed Peas new single, 4EVER. Click the arrow below to listen.

4EVER (feat. Esthero)
The Black Eyed Peas

Have a lovely weekend, friends. See you next week.