Open to words, forever–
I visited Francis today and checked the archive to find the last time he was on the air with me was October 25th 2019. Here’s a link: Alison B, Deema & Francis Cover Experience with Uniforms, the Demands of Protesters in Beirut, and America at Large I vividly remember talking about color with Francis that
Another book from our rain book bundle, Rain Brings Frogs: A Little Book of Hope is just that– instead of Mommy saying, “I hate the rain!” Nate says, “Rain brings frogs!” and other such hopeful turns of negativity — our personal favorite: When Ben says, “Not enough!” Nate says, “Enough to share!” — ain’t that
Got a book bundle from the library about rain and the stuff has been falling out of the sky ever since! We are getting a deluge today and got meta with Cloudette by Tom Lichtenheld. Cloudette is small cloud and is inspired by bigger clouds doing bigger things and certainly finds some important work —
The best part about this book is octo-bear (pictured on cover), a stuffed bear with octopus legs within the pages of this read. The story itself left something to be desired — I must admit, when I told my teen about this book, we both were very much looking forward to learning how one puts
Shocked at how few fotos** there are here but loved reading this — cross-stitch is a skill I learned well as a kid and something I still find very therapeutic, though this article sheds the obvious imperial light on the form of sewing. https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/cross-stitching-trend-story?utm_source=pocket-newtab ** If you do not have social media you may not
Lucky enough to have such rad friends who write poetry that is relatable, contemporary and heartfelt. Happy to share fellow reader Michelle’s poetry with you here– LINK TO CHAPBOOK I love the food references especially, as well as the accessible language — I also think it’s very cool Michelle spent her stimulus cash on poetry
I learned about The Alternative Limb Project in HI FRUCTOSE magazine – here’s a link to check it out: https://thealternativelimbproject.com/ The intersection of art and science is always beautiful 🙂
On February 7, 1979, Pluto crossed over Neptune’s orbit and became the eighth planet from the sun for twenty years. A study in 1988 determined that Pluto’s path of orbit could never be accurately predicted. Labeled as “chaotic,” Pluto was later discredited from planet status in 2006. Today, I broke your solar system. Oops.My bad.
Grains of sand are still finding their way onto my desk. Here’s the only photo I took during the long weekend during a tech timeout. I am about 100 pages into The Overstory and it is delivering – thank you to @foshee07 & @julienaslund5866 for bringing this book to our close attention. I thought about
This book is deep – a story about the black snake, who will poison the water, creating suffering for all forms of human life. This book is a call to action to fight against the black snake. The colors are full of blues and more blues, which fits the mood. If this isn’t in your
Seasonal Reading 