Move
Don't call it a resolution
We’re three days into 2024, and many of us haven’t settled on what we will do differently this year than last year. No moonshots. More time to enjoy nature, perhaps—if you can swing it, maybe take Fridays off to do just that. It's about pursuing a more joyous lifestyle. For example, cooking dinner more often can be a New Year’s resolution (if you want to call it that).
Eat
Fried buttery pie dough filled with goodness
Speaking of food, Empanadillas (fried Puerto Rican turnovers) are a once-a-week treat for some folks, like yours truly. If you want to make these meat-filled dough pockets of deliciousness from scratch, check out this recipe.
Mickey out in the public domain
Like it or not, Mickey Mouse—the Steamboat Willie version born during the Prohibition era—is free from its copyright cage. We can now copy, share, and build on this iconic image. Mickey Mouse is not alone, though. Thousands of copyrighted works from 1928 are currently in the public domain.
Will Mickey be over-exploited? What new form will the iconic character take in the age of AI?
Here's a primer on what you can and can't do. The mouse ears show the way.