Finished Stranger Things 4 and I love it so much and also will somebody just play D&D with Will already, yeesh. ๐บ
Editor Jordan Pavlin says historical fiction “has a unique ability to elicit deep compassion and empathy,” and I can’t help but wonder if that isn’t the precise reason the people leading the call for book bans want these books gone. ๐
๐ Ben Werdmรผller has a different but related, equally valuable, set of insights on what we should be thinking about this Independence Day. ๐บ๐ธ
It’s a rough time for our democratic republic. Heather Cox Richardson reminds us what it’s supposed to be about. ๐บ๐ธ
Kimbertide Day 3: Played a little of the new Capcom Fighting Collection ๐ฎ
Today for Kimbertide, I made banana bread from a Simple Mills mix.
Finished reading: Borderland edited by Terri Windling and Mark Alan Arnold ๐
The beginnings of woodland goth. I love it, of course.
For Day 1 of Kimbertide, I celebrated with a special lunch: hardboiled eggs & sweet baby gherkin pickles. I didn’t know this when I made lunch but my mom just told me that when she was pregnant with me, her favorite meal was hardboiled eggs, dill pickles, and french fries.
It’s the first day of my birthday month! I often extend the celebration beyond the day itself (July 14) and this year I’ve decided to do it all month long. I’ll let you know what that means once I figure it out. Until then, happy Kimbertide! ๐ง๐ฅณ
Finished reading: The Puzzler: One Man’s Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life by A.J. Jacobs ๐
Great fun with some good insights for the rest of life, not just puzzles.