My On This Day page surfaced this blog post today:
Constructing websites as constructing ourselves: Thinking out loud
I still think about this all the time. I still feel that as I build my site, I’m building myself.
Apparently my idea for what counts as the prettiest hair is bound to the year 1993. This soft hair on Deanna Troi, with thin bangs, the front pulled up, tendrils in drint of the ears, and big loose curls in the back resonates for me as true beauty. (ST:TNG 7x11 Parallels, airdate 11/29/93) 🖖🏻
I seem to have no attention span today. I’m going to blame the postdrome stage of migraine.
Finished reading: Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin 📚
This is a beautiful homage to Pride & Prejudice, as well as to the Toronto Muslim community. A sweet love story with beautiful language. And so much tasty-sounding food and drink! Highly recommend.
📝 Brilliant gem from Jaya Saxena in today’s #1000WordsOfSummer letter:
my writing got better the moment I allowed myself to be the kind of writer I am, even if I don’t work the same way as the writers I want to be.
📚 Me, reading Ayesha At Last: This is a Pride & Prejudice retelling, I know this, so when is Khalid going to go all Mr. Darcy?
Author Uzma Jalaluddin, on page 40: Here you go.
I am on Day 4 of a migraine. I’m about to try a new medication for it. Here’s hoping it makes a difference.
Picard: I feel as if I’m in the Scottish Highlands.
Colonist: The cornerstone of every building was taken from Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen…
Me, A Jerk: Those aren’t in the highlands.
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Hey friends, what are some good values statements from organizations? (I’m deliberately not defining criteria for good, but please feel free to explain why you think the ones you mention are good.)
🔖 Read What Is A Third Place? (And Here’s Why You Should Have One) by Emily Torres (The Good Trade).
I’ve been thinking about third places, their role in fiction, what they look like online, & how they overlap with affinity spaces for a few days so it felt like serendipity when this hit my inbox.