• A note for those in the valley :: Nish Weiseth
• 3 words for the graduates :: Chatting at the Sky
• Sitting is the new smoking: what we can do about killer couches :: Richard Louv
• Hungary destroys all Monsanto GMO corn fields :: Real Farmacy
• Why I’m no longer mad at Monsanto :: Revolution from Home

Favorited Instagram of the week (head here to follow me!):

When @joythebaker offers to make you dinner, you say yes.

“It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside.” -Maud Hart Lovelace, Betsy-Tacy and Tib

• The Doors sing Reading Rainbow :: Jimmy Fallon (it’s the 30th anniversary of Reading Rainbow, so how else would you honor that?)
• 25 funny notes written by kids :: Buzzfeed
• Heartwarming images from the Turkish resistance :: imgur
• 11 weirdly spelled words (and how they got that way) :: Mental_Floss
• Don’t make fun of renowned Dan Brown :: The Telegraph (even if you like his books, this review is funny…)

“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” ―F. Scott Fitzgerald

• Practical ideas for a summer of learning :: Simple Homeschool
• This kid just died. What he left behind is wondtacular :: Soul Pancake
• The gift of siblings :: New York Times
• Why we chose a small space :: Apartment Therapy
• Worst end of school year mom ever :: Jen Hatmaker

“We were awesome back in October; don’t you forget that. We used to care, and that counts for something.” -Jen Hatmaker

• The 2013 summer reading guide :: Modern Mrs. Darcy (I’m totally using this—girlfriend knows her stuff…)
• 99 tiny stories to make you think, laugh, and cry :: Mark and Angel
• The world according to student bloopers :: Richard Lederer
• A helpful guide to becoming unbusy :: Becoming Minimalist
• Becoming home: a photo tour :: Assortment (beautiful, 665-square-foot home for a family of five!)

“Some of the best memories are made in flip flops.” -Kellie Elmore

• 100 People: A World Portrait
• Why I can’t #FitchTheHomeless :: Life Rearranged
• I’m still here: Back online after a year without the Internet :: The Verge
• 12 things your daughter needs you to say :: Chatting at the Sky
• Not just a girl… :: Jamie C. Moore

The readers who’ve won a copy of Freefall to Fly are: Kristi, Kelli, Catherine, Christina, Kristi, Dawn, Kristin, Laura, Christie, and Katie. Congrats to the ten of you! Look for an email and get back to us as soon as you can.

“We’re so busy watching out for what’s just ahead of us that we don’t take time to enjoy where we are.” -Bill Watterson