The Weekly Wrap: February 21, 2021

When I was a kid, I loved snow days. Since I spent most of my school years in upstate New York, they were a rare treat. Yes, we had to shovel our massive driveway and sidewalk, but we got to sleep in, there was almost always hot cocoa, and I got to spend time reading. Heaven.

As a parent, I now get what a treat it was to have a mom who also worked at the school (until my brother and I were old enough to stay home alone). Every winter weather prediction leaves The Husband and I filtering through our schedules to balance childcare and work.

I did get to preserve one aspect of a snow day for our kiddo this week - sleeping in. She's a good sleeper already but, on our snow day, she gave me an extra 45 minutes. 45 minutes to triage my work email and enjoy a cup of coffee before I became the human play ground. 

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• The a quick look at controversy behind The 1619 Project. [K-12 Dive]
• How to keep your bouquets alive longer. As someone who loves buying fresh flowers, I needed these tips. [Pure Wow]
• How we're spending all our time now. [WaPo]
• A report on the state of remote work. [Buffer]
• This is a post with different ways to organize books, but I just like seeing all the pretty covers. [Pure Wow]
• It's not just reading all day. There are health hazards in librarianship. [Public Libraries Online]
• French bakers seek UNESCO "intangible heritage" status for the baguette. [CNN]
• A thread on a child mastermind. [Twitter]
• Texans can't win. Now many are facing exorbitant power bills. [The Daily Beast]

• A look at scam calls and the people making them. [The Daily]
• Popov versus Grey Goose. Is there a difference? [Planet Money]
• Gold mining on public land. How has it not changed since the Gold Rush? [Planet Money]
• I will be binging this new podcast. If you like Ear Hustle, I think you'll be a fan. [Suave]
• The origins, racist history, sexist response, and future of tipping. [Gastropod]

• The Crown on Netflix. We haven't watched this since before I was pregnant. We went a few episodes back into season two to remember everything that was going on. Now we are a few episodes in to season three. I am a bit of a royal watcher in general so I am excited to get to the Diana episodes.
• One evening this week, we turned on the TV and the show To Catch a Smuggler happened to be on. I thought we would be switching to The Crown but we got sucked in to a few episodes. If was kind of fascinating to see all the procedures and methods. I was very intrigued by the science of the machines that test for drugs.

• Need to get away? Try WindowSwap. It's a chance to look out windows around the world. Highly recommend popping one open onto your second screen if you have a dual monitor set up for WFH.