READING
WATCHING
Dancing with the Stars: Season 34 – favorite contestants Scott Hoying, Whitney Leavitt, Robert Irwin
LISTENING
PLANNING
attic insullation project, backyard garden 2026, spring national park road trip – New Mexico
COOKING
favorites: fresh basil and tomato bruschetta, Egyptian orzo, sundried tomato za’atar biscuits, Greek pasta salad, creamy corn bucatini with ricotta and basil, chicken souvlaki, tortellini with corn and basil cream sauce, tomato galette
EATING
Village Inn pizza, Home Slice pizza, birthday dinner at Ye Olde Durty Bird, Beal’s Lobster Pie (Southwest Harbor, Maine), Union Oyster House (Boston), Tatte’s Bakery & Caffe (Harvard campus), Levi and Lilacs, El Rincon
DRINKING
Voodoo Brewing Co, Grizzly Peak Brewing Company, Shipyard Brewing Company (Portland, ME), Atlantic Brewing Company (Bar Harbor, ME), Sam Adams Downtown Boston Taproom, Castle Island Brewing (Boston, MA), Great Black Swamp Brewing Co., Pavlov’s Brewing Company, Missing Mountain Brewing Co (Cuyahoga Falls), Wild Side Brewing Company
GOING
Brew Off at Lucas County Fair, Glass City Metropark, Lord Huron concert at Meadow Brook Amphitheatre in Rochester Hills, Michigan, The Black Keys concert at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 40th anniversary showing of CLUE, estate sale in Ottawa Hills, Toledo botanical gardens, camping at Wiregrass Metropark, Toledo Mudhen’s game on Promedica’s dime
TRAVELING
Acadia National Park and Boston, Mass July, Rocky Mountain National Park September
CREATING
gifting homemade basil salt, backyard floral arrangements, pressing summer backyard blooms
GARDENING
weeding between pavers, always, mowing the lawn, watching cosmos and zinnias grow grow grow
TOMATO-ING
CELEBRATING
32nd birthday dinner at Ye Olde Durty Bird followed by stop at Glass City Metropark, national balloon animal day (August 20), Taylor Swift engagement to Travis Kelce, 200k fidelity, Dancing with the Stars premiere with charcuterie spread
LOVING
THRIFTING
BUYING
bird wrist watch, sleeping bag mummy liner, coffee sleeve, Grand Teton Brewing pint glass, GUCCI perfume, Williams Sonoma tea cloth, vintage national park postcards, loon wooden art, Magic School Bus DVD, new wool baseline from REI
BOHDI
MANTRA
Don’t be afraid to spend money on traveling. Be afraid of growing old and realizing that the only place you ever went was to work.
Until next time, Meryn
MERYN MADE 
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