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πŸ“š I joined Austin Kleon’s Read Like an Artist book club today and am also going to read his past choices. I’m starting with a re-read of Jenny Odell’s How to Do Nothing.

πŸ”–πŸ“š Kate McKean writes in today’s Agents and Books about professional jealousy. Her advice applies to academics, too, and probably any field. “No one is being successful AT me.”

“…is that not what a Scholar does? Question the world, examine it from every angle, and marvel at the wonder of it all?”

  • Natasha Inwood, “The Road to Fjallmark,” Wyngraf Volume 1 πŸ’¬πŸ“š

Finished reading: Redwall: A Tale from Redwall by Brian Jacques πŸ“š

Cozy fantasy, just what I need right now.

Two quotes that stood out for me:

“Many times in our history has tragedy been forestalled by miraculous happenings.”

“Even the strongest and bravest must sometimes weep.”