At Literary Mama, Victoria Livingstone writes about how the tasks of motherhood that “cannot be commodified or marketed” help us learn how to let go of the need to always be productive, and instead grant us space to let our creative spirit wander.

Crocheting while watching Clone Wars is very pleasant.

I’m experimenting with using Notion for weekly and daily planning. I put my most important tasks for the week at the top of my weekly planning page. Doing well with this week’s MITs, 1. Rest 2. Rest 3. Rest.

Got myself a Hanukkah present from Everyday Magic & it arrived today. Rededication body butter & sweet sufganiyot bath bomb by Crystal Bar Soap for EM. & they included this The Chariot card from the Wayhome Tarot. The Chariot is the card of my soul, so this felt extra special. 2nd photo is my new moon/solar eclipse reading for today & it’s pretty huge. Feels extra special to get the ☀️, 🌕, & 🌎 in an eclipse spread.

Okay but what if a manatee had a narwhal tusk.

🔖 Laurie Penny’s WIRED piece about falling in love over Zoom is one of the most hopeful things I’ve read in a long time. It makes me really happy.

🔖 This NPR piece about keeping warm and embracing wintry outdoor adventures is exactly the kind of thing a Florida baby like me needs. I want to enjoy the outdoors in winter; I’ve just never learned how!

Just a little light reading from sister.is on the first day of my break from my dissertation.

Baby’s first latkes. (I am the baby in question, and it’s my first time making them, not eating them.) It turns out potatoes fried in oil are delicious. Who knew? Happy Hanukkah!

The dissertation revision nightmares have started, so, that’s cool.