I cried all the way through this new movie & I'm trying to figure out why

Or: what matters most to me right now, or some reading & viewing for your weekend

Do you ever have those weeks where every conversation you have is the same conversation? Where all roads lead to the same topic? Where it seems like every time you turn around it’s that one thing again?

If you’ve spent one minute with me recently, we’ve talked about the importance of gathering, how hospitality heals us, how we’re in a crisis of loneliness and the way through is connection, often over meals.

In January, a friend reached out and asked about the best things I’ve read recently and I sent her these four articles:

The Anti-Social Century

A New Campaign Against Loneliness Starts With a Potluck

Americans Need to Party More

The Easiest Way to Keep Your Friends