M and I decorated some sugar cookies this evening.

If you’re a person who would be interested in a virtual co-working space for parents, could you kindly let me know? Thanks! (I’m thinking Discord or Gather for the platform.)

I should add: the space would be free unless the membership got so big an upgrade to the hosting would be required, in which case it would be run at cost.

Thanks to Jennifer Polk’s co-working session, I made big progress on a paper revision today. 📝

🔖 Lee Skallerup Bessette’s You Can Ask for Mental-Health Help, but Can You Find Any? is crucial reading. It hits extra hard in the wake of a clear mental health crisis at the school I graduated from (4 times). 🧠

M: Can we keep playing Breath of the Wild [pretend, not the video game]?

Me: Wait, we’re playing Breath of the Wild? Oops! I was playing Ocarina of Time.

Hello I am 40 will a local community theater please cast me as Mama Rose now kthx

This is a reminder that Brent Spiner’s book Fan Fiction, which I reviewed back in September, came out a few weeks ago & you can purchase it now! 📚🖖‍‍

I’ve got to remember to search parenting groups, not scroll. I just about had an anxiety attack reading about something that happened to somebody else’s kid. (The kid is fine but still.)

Also making a note to myself to write a full blog post about going to see my first community theater production in ages & how it made me feel.

Making a note to myself here to write a full blog post about Star Trek: The Next Generation 3x21, “Hollow Pursuits,” and the connection to the paper I’m currently revising about TRPGs & identity development. 🖖🏻