We talk about foxes going out to dinner, renovating houses, notes, books, and finishing projects. Useful links: Antique Boat Museum Canada & United States Border (video by CGP Grey) Lost (TV Series) Snowmageddon (2010) Information Overload Banking Model of Education The Horse, The Wheel, and Language* This is the book about archaelogical evidence for where the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) language was born Building a Second Brain* Practical steps for building a digital knowledge system The Extended Mind* The psychology, biology, neurology, etc behind how humans do their thinking Zettelkasten Richard Feynman’s 12 Favorite Problems Matter (app) Refuse to Choose* NaNo/NaNoWriMo Where to find Above the Mess: Follow us on Twitter! Follow us on Instagram! Send us an email! Izzy’s Website Madi’s website Links marked with an asterisk(*) are affiliate links through Bookshop.org, an online bookseller that supports your local bookstores!

This podcast episode will self-destruct in 5 seconds. Useful links: Tib Winterfield Competent man & Robert Heinlein quote Gravity (2013) Loremasters–Tib’s D&D Newsletter Sewist, Sewer, Seamstress Refuse to Choose!: Use All of Your Interests, Passions, and Hobbies to Create the Life and Career of Your Dreams* The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos The episode I am referring to was How to Identify Your Negative Emotions Brené Brown Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.* Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience* The New Yorker on Meghan & Harry, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex Twee (definition) Where to find Above the Mess: Follow us on Twitter! Follow us on Instagram! Send us an email! Izzy’s Website Madi’s website Links marked with an asterisk(*) are affiliate links through Bookshop.org, an online bookseller that supports your local bookstores!

We discuss being stressed, the vast difference between our gardens, climate & other refugees, and a little bit of Netrunner. Useful links: FoxTrot July 27, 2009 (Zucchini) FoxTrot July 29, 2009 (Zucchini) Hügelkultur Netrunner: Midnight Sun Where to find Above the Mess: Follow us on Twitter! Follow us on Instagram! Send us an email! Izzy’s Website Madi’s website Links marked with an asterisk(*) are affiliate links through Bookshop.org, an online bookseller that supports your local bookstores!

We discuss being ahead of schedule, Colin Firth diving into lakes, and road trips with cats. Note: Madi’s audio is a bit wonky this episode! Released again after some errors with our hosting, may appear in your feed twice. Useful links: Love Actually Lake Scene Iron on Stabilizer Fabric Darning Knit Fabrics Where to find Above the Mess: Follow us on Twitter! Follow us on Instagram! Send us an email! Izzy’s Website Madi’s website Links marked with an asterisk(*) are affiliate links through Bookshop.org, an online bookseller that supports your local bookstores!

We talk about returning to abandoned systems, garden projects, careers vs callings, and hacking into ice-protected servers. Useful links: How to ADHD: Wall of Awful Introduction Etymology of Cilantro Pesto Variations No Trees Means No Rain Cherokee Purple Severance Social Validation Android Netrunner René “Loup” Arcemont Where to find Above the Mess: Follow us on Twitter! Follow us on Instagram! Send us an email! Izzy’s Website Madi’s website Links marked with an asterisk(*) are affiliate links through Bookshop.org, an online bookseller that supports your local bookstores!

We talk about a world built for everyone, spider mites, and eating raw potatoes. Useful links: Supreme Court Ruling Information How to ADHD: My Channel was a Bit Ableist When I Started ACT: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy A Liberated Mind by Stephen C. Hayes* The Happiness Lab with Doctor Laurie Santos: Working Your Way to Happiness Food Forests Queen of Screams movie Creed eating a potato Bringing Nature Home by Douglas W. Tallamy* Alyssum Jacques in the Garden about alyssum Where to find Above the Mess: Follow us on Twitter! Follow us on Instagram! Send us an email! Izzy’s Website Madi’s website Links marked with an asterisk(*) are affiliate links through Bookshop.org, an online bookseller that supports your local bookstores!

We talk about travel, global temperature change, water rodents, and body hacking. Useful links: Izzy’s Packing List Maintenance Phase: Anti-Fat Bias Clif Builder Bars Planet Money Makes a T-Shirt Patagonia’s Environmental Efforts WornWear: Patagonia’s Used Clothing Shop This Is Love: Grandfather of the Forest What It Takes to Bring Back the Near Mythical American Chestnut Trees Confessions of an Information Hoarder Climate Action Tracker A Degree of Concern Major climate changes inevitable and unavoidable Climate Solutions Beyond Capitalism by Tina Landis* Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming* Project Drawdown Beavers as a Keystone Species Our Flag Means Death Scientific Basis: Dopamine Fasting Where to find Above the Mess: Follow us on Twitter! Follow us on Instagram! Send us an email! Izzy’s Website Madi’s website Links marked with an asterisk(*) are affiliate links through Bookshop.org, an online bookseller that supports your local bookstores!

We talk about the end of the world, carbon footprints, and To Be Read lists. Useful links: Hyperfixation Cracking the Cryptic Invasive Species Legislation in the USA Thorny Olive Why Mint is Invasive Japanese Honeysuckle Southern Wax Myrtle Planned Obsolescence Carbon Footprint Origins Hank Green: Fuel Efficiency Artificially Low Speed Limits Euclidean Zoning Chesapeake Bay Foundation Where Good Ideas Come From by Steven Johnson* Where to find Above the Mess: Follow us on Twitter! Follow us on Instagram! Send us an email! Izzy’s Website Madi’s website Links marked with an asterisk(*) are affiliate links through Bookshop.org, an online bookseller that supports your local bookstores!

We talk about Magic: The Gathering, organization object permanence, the Shakers, and more journals. Useful links: Magic: The Gathering Obsidian Pokémon Yu-Gi-Oh The Wandering Emperor Card KALLAX Brass Label Plates Madi’s Handmade Mending Pouch Train Tracks RPG Loremasters Newsletter Field Notes The Home Edit Marie Kondo Shaker Boxes The Shakers Hancock Shaker Village The Victorians Hosted Funerals at Home Leuchtturm 1917 Where to find Above the Mess: Follow us on Twitter! Follow us on Instagram! Send us an email! Izzy’s Website Madi’s website Links marked with an asterisk(*) are affiliate links through Bookshop.org, an online bookseller that supports your local bookstores!

We talk about sleep, ephemeral poetry, talking to ourselves, and the dang ducks. Useful links: SwitchBot Poor Wayfaring Stranger Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury* Kids on Brooms The Wild Thornberrys E. E. Cummings Make Do (podcast) Muscovy Ducks Where to find Above the Mess: Follow us on Twitter! Follow us on Instagram! Send us an email! Izzy’s Website Madi’s website Links marked with an asterisk(*) are affiliate links through Bookshop.org, an online bookseller that supports your local bookstores!