I’m doing a couple of qualitative action research projects at work and, as one does in qual research, have collected a huge amount of data (mostly student work samples) and now have to figure out how to analyze it. 📓

🔖📚📝 Read A Deaf Manifesto on Motherhood (Electric Literature).

A great interview with Sara Nović about her book Mother Tongue, parenting, and writing.

I didn’t publicly mark the fifth anniversary of my dissertation defense back in April because things were so busy. Dr. Katy Peplin is celebrating 10 years of having a PhD and wrote a great blog post about ten things she’s learned in ten years of having her PhD.

Finished reading: The Long Game by Rachel Reid 📚

Like literally everyone, I adore Ilya Rozanov. Depression rep here really resonated with me.

Finished reading: Role Model by Rachel Reid 📚

When the siren song of goblin mode calls, I aspire to run the opposite direction and end up in goblin king mode: wearing tight pants, covered in glitter, walking around inside MC Escher’s art.

I have aspirations of being a person whose morning routine consists of more than just wake up, take meds, stare into space. That’s definitely all I can manage right now, but maybe one day.

Finished reading: Common Goal by Rachel Reid 📚

Guy dancing to music in the driver’s seat of your car, I like your vibe. 🎶

Want to read: Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better by David Epstein 📚

Long ago, Kim Werker and Kate Bingaman-Burt convinced me of the value of creative constraints. I love that there’s now a book all about it.