Weekly things

The ideal, the spectacular, the beauty of housesitting

• How to ride a rip (and other lessons learned this summer) — from

  Kate Mildenhall
  of
  The Bowerbird

• “From yearning to bonding, love is a collection of intentional acts” — from

  Simon Sarris
  of
  The Map is Mostly Water

• The spectacular is already here — from

  T. De Los Reyes
  of
  Poet's Field Notes