November 20, 2024
Finished reading: Killer Underwear Invasion! How to Spot Fake News, Disinformation, and Conspiracy Theories by Elise Gravel π
This is a great book, aimed at kids. I’m definitely going to order it for our library. I might try to write a full review later.
Finished reading: The Beast of Blackmoor by Milla Vane π
Milla Vane asks, “What if grimdark, but romance?” and I answer, “Yes please!” So great. π₯π₯π₯π₯
November 18, 2024
After all that thinking about traveler’s journals and field journals, I think I’m going to end up sticking with an official Bullet Journal or Leuchtterm A5. It’s been 10 years since I started living in a single notebook and it’s really working for me. So some years I buy a second one; that’s okay.
My word for 2025 is MORE. I want to do more next year. Details forthcoming.
Finished reading: Nobody’s Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips π
Most of this book is set in the Smoky Mountains near Asheville and I just kept thinking about all the aftermath of Hurricane Helene up there. This book was published in 1997.
Chronically ill stationery nerd life: you can’t find the pill sorter you thought was on your nightstand, but at least while you were searching for it, you found your date stamp.
November 17, 2024
Finished reading: A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera π
I love Adriana Herrera’s Las Leonas series so much. This is a very hot π₯π₯π₯π₯. Paris, Scotland, an awesome woman running a business and taking care of her sister. Top notch. Highly recommend.
November 16, 2024
Hello friends! If you’re seeing this on BlueSky, that’s because my website automatically syndicates there. Your replies get piped back into me via Micro.blog but I only see likes when I actually log in to BlueSky, which I only do every couple of days. Happy you found me there! π
November 15, 2024
π¬π “Anyone who writes down to children is simply wasting his time. You have to write up, not down. Children are demanding. They are the most attentive, curious, eager, observant, sensitive, quick, and generally congenial readers on earth…. Children are game for anything. I throw them hard words, and they backhand them over the net.” E. B. White, quotes in Some Writer! The Story of E. B. White by Melissa Sweet
π¬π “Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day.” E. B. White quoted in Some Writer! The Story of E. B. White
Finished reading: Some Writer! The Story of E. B. White by Melissa Sweet π
White wrote the first novels I remember reading: Stuart Little, Charlotte’s Web, and The Trumpet of the Swan. This children’s biography had me tearing up several times. Highly recommend.
November 13, 2024
Finding myself holding dear to my heart stories where people fight evil in community: Sailor Moon, Buffy Seasons 1-4 & 7.
November 11, 2024
I have scheduled a sleep study. I think I’m done for the day. I have been productive, right? (I’m also taking the kiddo to the pediatrician this afternoon.)
November 10, 2024
November 9, 2024
ππ¬ “By learning to live with our fear of death, we also learn to live with our fear of that which we cannot control, to sit with the mystery at the heart of life and still appreciate, and with great joy, the life we have been given.” Joanna Ebenstein, Memento Mori: The Art of Contemplating Death to Live a Better Life
Currently reading: Memento Mori: The Art of Contemplating Death to Live a Better Life by Joanna Ebenstein π
November 8, 2024
π Read 10 ways to be prepared and grounded now that Trump has won.
This is helpful.
November 7, 2024
π Read Please publish more (on your website) by Colin Devroe.
Micro.blog is the best way I’ve found to do this. (Full disclosure: I contract for M.b sometimes.)
It is November 7. I am wearing sandals.
November 6, 2024
On November 9, 2016, I took my one month old baby to the New Parents Group at my doula’s office. Parents and babies sat together and unpacked and grieved election results. Today, I will go to work as a school librarian and hold children in the light.
ThredUp: It’s sweater weather. Weather forecast: It’s going to be 79Β° F. Me: So like… Short-sleeved sweaters?
November 5, 2024
Finished reading: Heaven, Texas by Susan Elizabeth Phillips π
November 2, 2024
Finished reading: Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase π
The. Best. π₯π₯π₯