Bits and Clips for January 2026

Bits and Clips January 2026

This bits and clips post is a monthly feature on this blog of the best that I’ve seen on the internet in the past month. I hope you find something among all this artwork, photography, memes, links, and quotes that spurs you on, informs, inspires, supports, educates, or motivates you. Take your time and scroll all the way down; there is a lot here:

Art:

How to Make Pastels by Hand

Fountain Pen User Mistakes

A Quiet Act of Hope

Song: Make America Good Again

Spirituality:

Quotes from *Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures* for “These Latter Days”

To Minnesota with love: Healing ideas and inspiration for the city we love

Ideas:

Conversation with a pastor in Minneapolis on her experience this month

How to Change Without Willpower

What Would Mr. Rogers Say?

Senator Chris Murphy at Immigration Court

Heather Cox Richardson on the killing of Alex Pretti

The Lighthouse Principle

Books:

Reading list for those currently ok with the news

Hope:

Turning Discarded Glass Bottles into Sand

Christians Against Christian Nationalism

 

 

 

Brian Rutenburg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arline Richman

 

 

Ellen Gust

 

 

 

Tansey Hargan

 

 

 

 

Anne Coffey

 

 

 

 

 

 

Margaret Wilson

 

 

Erin Hanson

Margaret Wilson

 

 

 

Mary Beth Morrison

Debbie MacKinnon

 

 

Jane Davies

 

 

Alvin Ailey

 

 

 

 

Liz Murphy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Margaret Wilson

 

Lyn Asselta

 

2 thoughts on “Bits and Clips for January 2026”

  1. I have been so heartsick about what is happening to our country, and your Bits and Pieces came at a most opportune time to help me. Others are feeling this grief just like me. You are putting your beliefs about human decency out there for all of us to grasp on to. I praise you and everyone that contributed to this post, because without the voices rising up, there will continue to be anarchy at the highest level. We cannot ignore it. Silent, peaceful protest worked against the oppression of the black people, but we had a president that signed into law a new way for the U. S. to live and govern. But there seems to be no leader that is willing to do that, so the president is allowed to go about dismantling our freedoms. Thank you for this post. It is a saver in a file I have named Polly.

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