We did not art ALL night, but we did art SOME of the night…
September 30, 2018
September 29, 2018
Portions of the next few weekends will be spent on the road, which means I need to make this last one at home count.
I’ll spend tomorrow morning at the garden doing some work on the communal spaces (and hopefully tending a bit to my own plot, which I’ve neglected of late). I need to make a trip to Georgetown to pick up a library hold and need to procure more quarters.
There are several festivals I’d like to take advantage of. Tomorrow afternoon is the the Barracks Row festival and tomorrow night is Art All Night, which runs until 3 a.m., although probably I won’t stay out the whole time (although maybe I will, because I like to encourage people to plan activities during my favorite hours, rather than in the morning). Sunday includes an arts center’s anniversary block party on the other side of town and the Turkish and Latinx festivals closer to home.
In between, I’d like to do some cooking, cleaning and laundry, hang some art on the walls, paint my nails, and hit the farmers market. I’m tired just thinking about it all, so I guess I’d better get in some sleep, too!
September 28, 2018
Three beautiful things from my past week:
1. Changing out of sopping wet clothes after getting caught in the rain.
2. Spending an afternoon with one of my oldest friends.
3. Collapsing into bed after nearly 10 miles of walking and eight hours on my feet.
How about you? What’s been beautiful in your world lately?
September 27, 2018
This year’s Halloween socks are going well. I’m working on the heel and if the stripes work out so that I don’t need to rip back, I anticipate being done with the first sock soon.
I blew through Jacqueline Woodson’s spare new novel, Harbor Me, in just over a day, so I’m turning my attention back to The Wild Book, which keeps getting put aside for library books.
In the ears, I’m about halfway through Crazy Rich Asians, but it expires tomorrow. It’ll be a week or two before another copy gets to me (I put the audiobook on hold at all three libraries I have borrowing privileges for). In honor of Banned Book Week, I’ll probably finish listening to Jazz Jennings’ Being Jazz, since that’s one of the most banned books from last year. After that, I have several options, including Julia Alvarez’s TÃÂa Lola Stories, Lillian Li’s Number One Chinese Restaurant (written by a local author), Kate Quinn’s The Alice Network, and Libby Page’s The Lido. Choices…
Head over to As Kat Knits for more posts about reading and crafting.
September 26, 2018
This fall’s Ninja Book Swap presents arrived just as I was leaving on Friday, so I didn’t have a chance to open them until Sunday evening.
Lexie (who I think is Lexie of For the Sake of Reading, based on a review I saw on Goodreads) sent me such lovely things!
Here We Are: 44 Voices Write, Draw, and Speak about Feminism for the Real World is edited by Kelly Jensen and includes pieces from contributors ranging from Daniel José Older to Mindy Kaling and from Roxane Gay to Brandy Colbert. I look forward to savoring these pieces, particularly as the Kavanaugh fight ratchets up this week. [Have you called your senators lately to ask them to vote against his nomination?]
The Librarian and the Spy, the first in a series by Susan Mann, looks to be a swoony romp, and I think it’s going to be such a fun, lighthearted read.
As you all know, I love tea, and Harney and Sons makes some very fine ones. Lexie says the Tower of London blend is one of her favorites, and I’m looking forward to many hours of drinking tea while reading, particularly now that the weather is finally cooling off again.
Thank you, Lexie! I really love my package! And thank you Ninja Book Swap organizers! This was great fun once again!
September 25, 2018
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday asks which titles by my favorite authors I’ve still yet to read:
- Barbara Kingsolver’s Lacuna
- Toni Morrison’s Paradise and everything since then
- Jane Austen’s Lady Susan (and her unfinished novels)
- J.K. Rowling’s Casual Vacancy
- Rainbow Rowell’s Runaways, Vol. 1
- The Problim Children by Natalie Lloyd
- L.M. Montgomery’s Magic for Marigold (at least I’m pretty sure I haven’t read that one…)
- An Acceptable Time by Madeleine L’Engle
- The Vintage Caper by Peter Mayle
- First Light by Rebecca Stead
How about you? Which books by your favorite authors have you yet to tackle?