I’ll say this (among other things) for being a part-time stay-at-home mom/part-time scholar: the mom part gives you lots of staring into space time you can leverage for research and writing insights.
I remember when MCU fans were clamoring for WandaVision to reveal its big bad already & Ashley Esqueda said “maybe grief is enough” & it turns out it totally is. 📺
Is there anything more attractive than an attractive person writing a grant application & looking in the household copy of Creswell & Creswell to help them do it? Asking for a nerd. (The nerd is me. You don’t need to answer. I’m watching my attractive husband do this RIGHT NOW.)
🔖 These images of comic book heroes redrawn to have average body types are fascinating from a cosplayer’s perspective. The “real” bodies look every bit as heroic to me & I wonder if it’s bc I’m used to seeing real bodies in these costumes. via @ohBananaJoe on micro.blog.
🔖 Check out Riana Mckeith’s period-appropriate cartoon homages to WandaVision. So great! It will surprise no one that the 80s one is my fave. (via kottke.org) 📺
I just reviewed my advisor’s notes on the first 6 chapters of my dissertation (Intro, 2 Lit Review, 2 Theory, Methods). When I started I was in a panic bc I was afraid it would be like last time when I had to write a whole new chapter. Now that I’m done I think it’s manageable.
What I’m learning from the MCU (caught up on WandaVision & currently watching Agents of SHIELD 3x15) is that everyone with a PhD in the natural sciences is good at hacking and creating algorithms. Scientists, is this true? 📺🍿
There are a lot of hard moments as a parent. I tend to share moments like this: M. quietly building with Magnatiles while leaning on my leg. We share these easy moments, but know you’re not alone when it gets hard, even though you aren’t seeing other parents’ hard moments.
Want to read: Forces of Nature: The Women who Changed Science by Anna Reser and Leila McNeill 📚
Trusting my (book blogging) intuition
Fourteen years ago, I started a book blog - or, as I called it at the time, a reading journal. I jumped in and started writing without any worries about doing it “right.” (For one thing, 2007 was early days with respect to book blogging.) Over time I became part of the kidlit book blogging community.
I slowed down on book blogging long ago, but now I want to ramp up the bookishness of my personal blog. So I did what you do, I googled “book blog.” For months I’ve been reading book blogging introductory articles and posts.
Most of the advice hasn’t sat with me quite right.
I don’t want to book blog like anybody else.
I want to book blog like me.
It turns out 2007 Kimberly has a lot of wisdom when it comes to book blogging. I’ve started looking at my old posts to see how they might be models for how I write about books in the future.
I’m already feeling better about book blogging. I’m excited to get back into it.