• No Coat Stroll

• Rhubarb Upside Down Cake

• Mitten-free hugs

• Cherry Blossom Countdown Start-up

• Judy Garland/ Fred Astaire approved Easter bonnets

• Early rising becoming a thing of pleasure

• Umbrella chic 

Easter peace to all my readers.

Enjoy the long weekend wherever you are. 

Things that caught my eyes and ears this week:

• Emma González’s political expression:Joan of Arc and the Passion of Emma González (New Yorker)

• The Obama Library brouhaha (Globe and Mail)

• Are we living in a computer simulation? This radio interview hurt my brain but wow, just give it a listen.

• What makes a great film director? One who wears his enthusiasm as brightly as he did when he snuck in on a film lot as a kid. Here’s Steven Spielberg on a tour of the Universal lot. 

• Millennials love this appliance: the mini Kitchen Aid.

• I have a secret (no longer) crush on CBC Q host Tom Power, who handles artistic egos with a deft touch and still manages to deliver depth. Here is his Juno pre-show interview with Shania Twain.