Here’s what I’m enjoying now!

Reimagining Nonprofits and Philanthropy by Vu Le — I’ve been a long-time fan of Vu’s humorous and thought-provoking blog Nonprofit AF, so I’m thrilled to be reading an entire book that explores the need for radical change in nonprofit leadership, governance, and fundraising in Vu’s incisive, hilarious voice.
You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue —This book has been on my bedside table for weeks because I don’t want it to end! This alternate history of Moctezuma, Cortés, and Tenochtitlan is in turns lucid and hallucinatory, strange and sublime.
Anne-Laure Le Cunff’s Tiny Experiments — this book offers clear frameworks for playful, curiosity-driven ambition and encourages a circular growth model in a world that often demands linearity. I’m appreciating the concrete exercises at the end of each chapter.

Winter is dumpling season. I’ve been obsessed with making gnocchi (pumpkin, sweet potato, plain old potato, etc.) and eating momos and pelmeni.
Winter is also soup season. Some current faves include butternut squash soup with coconut milk and cumin and spicy carrot ginger soup.

Snocaps’ debut album (by Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield and her twin sister Allison) — captivating storytelling, tightly woven vocals and guitar
Rosalía’s genre-bending, experimental album Lux — incorporates 13 languages and will take you for a journey
The single Elegantly Wasted by Hermanos Gutiérrez ft. Leon Bridges (so smooth and dreamy!)
clipping.’s Tiny Desk Concert — a delightful ecosystem of sound generated from cardboard boxes, thrift store mugs, and other miscellanea + vocals by Daveed Diggs = magic

We recently got a family membership to the YMCA so that I could start to swim laps to train for a triathlon. I love the cross-section of humanity at the Y (and the hot tub isn’t so bad, either!)
This time of year, I really appreciate the handful of groomed cross country ski trails around Madison. Thank you, grooming and maintenance crew!

Whenever I visit The Pudding, I make sure my seat is comfortable and snacks are abundant. That’s right—it’s easy to let an hour slide away while exploring this site’s fascinating visual essays. Recent topics include an analysis of animal gender in children’s stories, an exploration of how strangers’ moods changed when conversing with one another, and a story that accounts for every time the word “democracy” has been uttered in Congress since 1880.
Calculating Empires — a research visualization that investigates how technical and social structures have co-evolved over the past 500 years (shoutout to Ann Friedman for including a link to this extensive project in her newsletter!)
In a world that’s increasingly being populated by AI summaries, primary sources are a breath of fresh air. That’s why I’m loving sites like archive.org and victorianvoices.net.

I’m always foraging for recommendations. Got one (or ten) to pass along? Send me a message and I’ll share them here!