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Culture & lifestyle editor at The New York Times. I write The Morning on Saturdays☀️.
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The Good List: 7 Things to Add Joy to Your Day

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By Melissa Kirsch Verified
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Today is July 1, which is sort of the beginning of real summer — the end of the preseason, when school’s out for everyone and, with any luck, we unclench a little. Right on time, much of the country is enduring an extreme heat wave. I can’t control the weather, but I hope you’ll find some relief with the good things assembled here. On this week’s list: 1. The celery vase 2. Treat people like trees 3. Your handwriting as a font 4. Beethoven for elephants 5. Richard Grant sniffing 6. Tears, magnified 7.
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Natural Selection

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By Melissa Kirsch Verified
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When Serena Williams retired from tennis in 2022, she was 40 years old, had won 23 Grand Slam singles tournaments, 14 more in doubles, and had spent 319 weeks as the No. 1 player in the world. She had “never liked the word retirement,” she said in an essay in Vogue, offering a reframing of her departure from the sport that she’d dominated for so many years: “Maybe the best word to describe what I’m up to is evolution.
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The Good List: 6 Things to Add Delight to Your Day

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By Melissa Kirsch Verified
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You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. On this week’s list: 1. Where and when is this art from? 2. Make it a club 3. Teen angst revisited 4. In a theater, laughing 5. Wikipedia collage 6. Naming the moon 1. Where and when is this art from?
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