My three-almost-four-year-old just said, “When I’m lonesome, my fear grows.”

World, we had a Pandemic Parenting morning and even though the sources of stress were resolved by 9:30 am, I’m still worn down by it here at 6:07 pm.

Got a ring light, tripod, and bluetooth shutter so of course I had to have a little photo booth fun.

Sometimes you and a friend come up with a hilarious idea and then a year later your friend executes it. #shiptember2020

Had to use the Wayhome Tarot for Lindsay Mack’s Coming Home to Ourselves spread, if course. I, um, had to draw a few extra cards for clarification.

I’m still/again grieving the dissertation I planned and will not get to carry out. Maybe I will do the missing pieces later. Maybe not. For now, all I know is I’m sad about it.

Becky Albertalli wrote this moving essay about her shifting understanding of her sexuality. The longer I live, the more I think we all gain a more nuanced understanding of our identity over time.

🔖📚 From Petra Mayer at NPR: Welcome To Story Hour: 100 Favorite Books For Young Readers

Well, that’s a help in choosing which books to share with my kid next. A nice mix of classics and newer stuff.

🔖📚 From Megan Mabee at Book Riot: How The Hunger Games Prequel Helped Me Realize I’ve Changed

I can relate to Mabee’s realization that being a mother has changed how she responds to books.

📚 I’m reading MEXICAN GOTHIC and it’s wonderful but every description of the house gets me sidetracked thinking about all the Gothic novels I haven’t read yet and how much I want to read them, too.