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Here are the best articles, videos, and memes that crossed my path on the internet this month. I hope you find something interesting, helpful, inspiring, thought provoking, or action inducing among these links here:
Art:
How to Make Your Very Own Sketchbook
Quick Tip to Draw Straight Lines
My Top 12 Tips on Linocut Printmaking
Photography:
Pouring a Thermos of Hot Tea Near the Arctic Circle
National Geographic Photo of the Day: Your Favorites from 2015
Spirituality:
The Birth of Christ is Everyday
Orthodox Rabbis Issue Groundbreaking Declaration Affirming Partnership with Christianity
Peace on Earth? How About a Truce Between Science and Religion
The Quiet Impact of Obama’s Christian Faith
Ideas:
The Smartest Ways to Network at a Party
Question Life is Good Founder’s Mother Asked them Every Night at Dinner
American Muslims Raise over $120K for Families of San Bernardino Victims
47 Hacks People with ADD and ADHD Use to Stay on Track
This is Fascism – and we Should say it While We Can
47 Things I’ve Learned in My 40’s
Swarthmore Well Represented at the Paris Climate Talks
In Scotland, Unlike America, Mass Shooting Led to Stricter Gun Laws
January Declutter Calendar of 15 Minute Missions
US Soldier Told Nazi Captors, “We are All Jews.”
Five Ways to Reduce Mass Shootings in the US
Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up: One Tip Changed Everything
3 Foreign Women Assess US Gender Equality
18 Things to Do with a Moleskine, or any Notebook
100 Most Influential Figures in American History
Some Statistics from 100 Years Ago
To Turn Tables on ISIS at Home, Start Asking Unsettling Questions
Why Morning Pages Could Be Your Most Powerful Morning Ritual
The Clever Trick My Dad Used to Turn Me into a Rabid Reader at Age 8
Paris Victim’s Husband to ISIS: You Will Not Have My Hatred
Parents are Buying Their Kids all the Wrong Toys
Congress Marks Third Anniversary of Doing Nothing Since Newtown
Everything You Need to Know About the 2016 FAFSA Application
Books:
Books You Wish Would Never End so You Can Read Them Forever
Food:
Recipe: Red Lentil Soup with Lemon
29 Most Delicious Ways to Eat Beets
12 Things Nutritionists Eat for Brunch on the Weekends
New York Times’ 20 Most Popular Recipes from 2015
Why Seed Banks are not the only Answer to Food Security
Hope:
Website Helpfulpeeps Connects Willing Helpers with Those in Need
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