{"id":93965,"date":"2025-04-28T03:22:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T03:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/28\/what-not-flashy-things-do-you-love\/"},"modified":"2025-04-28T03:22:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T03:22:31","slug":"what-not-flashy-things-do-you-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/28\/what-not-flashy-things-do-you-love\/","title":{"rendered":"What Not-Flashy Things Do You Love?"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Illustrator Brooke Barker\u2019s dog<\/a> is not the jumpiest or the lickiest dog around, but, as Brooke says, \u201cthe best things don\u2019t have to be the jumpiest or the lickiest.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The best things don\u2019t have to be the newest or the shiniest or the fastest, either. \u201cI swear there are only about five good ballpoint pens in the world and they\u2019re all old,\u201d Brooke wrote this week in her newsletter, Never Not Nervous<\/a>. \u201cAnd my favorite shirt is the shirt I got when I played rec soccer in fourth grade.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Although the best things don\u2019t always look<\/em> like the best things, you know them when you see them. My most-cherished novels are old and dog-eared, and when I\u2019m eating alone, I beeline for a bowl of Cheerios.<\/p>\n

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And one of my favorite things about our house<\/a> is how our living room windows are covered with children\u2019s handprints.<\/p>\n

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What not-flashy things do you treasure? The question makes me think of this Kate Baer<\/a> poem, above. xoxo<\/p>\n

P.S. Looking for glimmers<\/a>, and what\u2019s your pro tip<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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