Requests from Annie Loves

If you were building a diy curriculum on the patriarchy for a friend, what's going on there? Books, articles, podcasts, documentaries, you-name-it welcome. (Thanks!)

Does anyone have favorite resources or recommendations for someone new to making terrariums? Specifically the closed ecosystem type with moss and a cork lid, not the open top reptile kind. Thank you!

Lunchtime-length YouTube videos that remind you that people can be pretty great? Things like people making beautiful things, building communities, inventing stuff, you name it...I can doomscroll with the best of them, but while I eat lunch I want to fill my hope tank with the best of humanity. Thank you!!

Personal-pan-sized recipes? I would love to hear your favorite recipes for one or two people that you like...sweet or savory!

Motels near I-90 between Boston & Seattle? Looking for places that have doors that open to the outside instead of a hallway. It's a little tough to search with that criteria, much less find someplace recommendable, so would be interested to know if anyone has had a good experience on a roadtrip on any stretch of I-90. Thanks so much!

Eagerly accepting your hall-of-fame soup recipes. What is the soup that has earned year-over-year status every fall, even when more photogenic and exciting soups get served up by your algorithm? 🍜 thanks 🍜

Alarm clocks that aren't my phone? Looking for something without a bright LED light that is going to light up the room and something budget friendly. Thanks so much for any ideas!