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Wednesday’s Child: Death

CAVEAT LECTOR: This post is more intense and personal than the ones I usually post on the blog. If you find scenes of animal suffering traumatic, you may want to sit this one out. I hate death. Actually, that’s not right: words cannot capture the depths of my hatred, or the width of it, orContinue reading “Wednesday’s Child: Death”

Wednesday’s Child: Storytelling

I noticed a while ago that a key difference between healthy and unhealthy responses to the misfortunes that life sent my friends’ way seemed to be the stories they were telling themselves. I was reminded of that while reading Hannah Reichel’s amazing For a Time Such as This: An Emergency Devotional. In chapter 16 sheContinue reading “Wednesday’s Child: Storytelling”

Bonus ESC: DessArt Day (Inkblot creatures)

This time Nicole found a cool project where you make colored ink blots, let them dry, and then turn them into creatures by drawing over them. Here’s my Deer Princess! The desserts were really great this time around with maybe the rice pudding being the weak spot, but I think that was because I couldn’tContinue reading “Bonus ESC: DessArt Day (Inkblot creatures)”

Friday Favorites: Updated Brands Post

Because a girl gotta shop….

Cartoons for Grownups: A Deep(ish) Dive into the Universe of Ōkubo Atsushi (Soul Eater, Fire Force)

I can’t think of another writer whose work I feel this way about—loving it and hating it at the same time. I can think of writers or composers whose work I love and whose politics I hate, sure. But Ōkubo Atsushi is the only one whose *work* I both love and hate. That’s why it’sContinue reading “Cartoons for Grownups: A Deep(ish) Dive into the Universe of Ōkubo Atsushi (Soul Eater, Fire Force)”

ESC #51: Taco Night!

It was the first actual summer evening where I live with deck temperatures and no wind—and what better way to celebrate than tacos! We made Kenji’s Tacos Al Pastor recipe and a Crème Brûlée recipe from Jessica Sullivan at Boulevard SFO that looks like it has exited the Internet, but there wasn’t anything weird aboutContinue reading “ESC #51: Taco Night!”

Apparently Mountain Lions Also Own the Internet

Awwww….

National Drinking with Chickens Day

Yep, it’s a thing, at least on Google Calendar: I suspect heavily it comes from this cocktail (har har) cookbook. It’s either May 23 or the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend—we’ll find out next year! But this year we had a fine time drinking sangria and tossing scraps to my hens—oh, and making chicken origamiContinue reading “National Drinking with Chickens Day”

Loading…Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

For those who come after…. This is the French-est game ever: that’s pretty much everything you need to know about Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. It’s a game of contrasts just as its title suggests—operatic and understated, carnivalesque and dark, austere and decadent, goofy and sexy. Until I got used to the visual style, I frequentlyContinue reading “Loading…Clair Obscur: Expedition 33”

A Brief but Spectacular Take on Teacher Burnout

Just had to share this: while I’m not a K-12 teacher, I am a university educator, and I can corroborate everything Micaela is saying about support for teachers: it’s no wonder they’re quitting in droves. I strongly believe we’re going to look back on the Covid-19 Pandemic in a few years and recognize it asContinue reading “A Brief but Spectacular Take on Teacher Burnout”