Analog Bag, Poilâne, H is for Hawk and more on Weekend Meanderings. 

Analog Bag, Poilâne, H is for Hawk and more on Weekend Meanderings.

Weekend Meanderings

Good Saturday morning friends. It’s time for Weekend Meanderings with Kim and Juliet. Join us as we share all of the things that piqued our interests and caught our eye this week.

Did you watch the Opening Ceremony for the Olympics? What did you think? I loved it! The ballet dancers, the tribute to Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini and Gioachino Rossini with their big bobble heads and of course, Andrea Bocelli. There were many other memorable moments but those were my favorites.

What is your favorite Olympic sport? I enjoy watching most of the sports, but my favorites are ice skating and skiing. It’s funny because years ago I had favorite athletes that I rooted for, now I do not know anyone but Lindsey Von. Oh well, it is still fun to watch and to root for the home team.

As I mentioned yesterday after almost 2 weeks my husband Bill is feeling better, ironically this morning I woke with a pounding headache and a sore throat. My only plan for the day is staying in bed and resting.

Ok, let’s meander.

The Analog Bag

If you’ve been online lately, you may have seen the “analog bag” trend. An analog bag, the term coined by Tik Tok content creator Sierra Campbell, is a tote filled with books, notebooks, pens, puzzles, paints, knitting, and other non-digital items. Basically, it’s a bag.

The kind many of us have hauled to work(to carry papers, shoes, lunch), in the carpool line(with snacks and wipes), the library(to haul our books back and forth), and on the sidelines for decades.

Everything old is new again, as they say, and I am happy to see a move away from tech and back to the basics. If giving it a name helps people remember that not everything in life needs a battery, is an app or found scrolling social media for hours on end, I’m all for it.

The analog bag is about choosing real, physical things instead of a phone. It’s deciding you don’t need to be on call for the internet all day or checking your phone a gazillion times a day.

Here’s what my version of an analog bag contains, simple, comforting, and useful items that I reach for again and again. I travel with many of these items in my carry-on, on road trips and when I have appointments.

1. A real book, newspaper or a stack of magazines
   A dog-eared favorite with a bookmark, a book borrowed from the library or a pile of the latest magazines.

2. A small notebook
   For to-do lists, thoughts, quotes, words or that one sentence I don’t want to forget.

3. A good pen
   Could be a fancy fountain pen or just a reliable gel pen.

4. Journal
   A gratitude journal, composition book or just a journal to write your thoughts

5. A scarf, cashmere wrap and socks
   To stay warm and cosy.

6. Lip balm, hand lotion
   Chapped lips and dry hands are painful and these two items come in handy.

7. A small wallet with actual cards and a little cash
   Cash for when the card reader is down and a credit card for everything else.

8. Cards
   A stack of cards to send snail mail, birthday, thank you or just a hello.

9. Mints, gum, snacks
   I never travel without snacks. Gum and mints for fresh breath and to share with friends.

10. Word Finder Puzzle Books
    To challenge my mind.

11. Camera

None of this is groundbreaking. The beauty of the analog bag is how ordinary it is. It reminds us that we already know how to live and enjoy life without the constant pull and distraction of the phone.

If you’re carrying one already, welcome to the trend you helped invent. And if not, maybe this is your nudge to pack a bag, put down the phone and enjoy the little things in life.

What’s in yours? Puzzles, a deck of cards, sketch books, water color paint kits, a crochet kit, sudoko or puzzle books?

Movie

H is for Hawk

When Helen’s beloved father passes away, she is knocked sideways by grief and loses herself in memories of their time birding and exploring the natural world together. She becomes obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk, and so she brings the fearsome bird Mabel home to her life as a graduate fellow at Cambridge. Helen fills the freezer with hawk food and turns off her phone, ready to embark on the long, strange business of trying to train this wildest of animals. But as she labours to tame Mabel, a grieving Helen undergoes an untaming of her own. A record of a spiritual journey, H IS FOR HAWK is a story about memory and nature and how it might be possible to reconcile death with life and love.

Hawk is in theaters now, no streaming information available.

Poilâne

Poilâne is one of my favorite place is Paris to buy bread and punitons. On this episode of Fishwives in Paris, Apollonia Poilâne shares the history of their iconic bread.

If you have a trip planned to Paris be sure to visit Poilâne, and if you have Master Class be sure to watch Apollonias’ bread baking classes.

Ornithophile, Birder and Bird Lovers

The Snow Owls of Logan Airport

Norman Smith has dedicated his life to protecting and relocating the snowy owls from Boston’s busiest airport runways. Called “the Owl Man of Logan Airport,” Smith has single-handedly relocated more than 900 snowy owls, creating the blueprint for how airports across the US and Canada can manage wildlife conflict.

Ryan Wilkes The Bird in My Backyard

The short documentary The Bird in my Backyard follows Eric throughout the spring of 2024 as he documents two mother hummingbirds raising their chicks. It’s a story about the childlike curiosity in all of us, and the doors it can open if we just lean in a bit closer.

LINKS TO READ+WATCH+LISTEN

Inside a TikTok-Famous San Francisco Victorian Newly Listed for $6M

How to Find Love(According to the date)

Flower Magazine Flower of the Year

Is Withering Heights A Love Story?

How Your ‘Resilience Response’ Can Make or Break Your Heart Health

11 Must-Visit Museums Opening in 2026

A cosy winter escape

Cockiness keeps you moving forward when everyone else is telling you to step aside.

In Case You Missed It

This week on Monday Musings I shared Garrow Kedigian, Run For Your Life, Callie Kingman, early spring outfits and more on Monday Musings. 

February is National Heart month, know your risks, the symptoms o a heart attack and give a little love to your heart.

Then I shared 10 Easy and delicious Valentine’s Day treats that you can make for your sweeties.

Last but not least, Friday Favorites where I shared this outfit, some scrumptious game day snacks, books, articles and more. 

UNTIL NEXT TIME

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Have a wonderful day friends, enjoy your weekend. If you missed any of the previous Weekend Meandering posts you can find them all here.

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