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Catching up with ESC: 30-32

Just focus on the cute olive penguins and ignore how far behind I got with documenting these…. The penguins were from #31: Tree-hunting Edition, and they weren’t actually experimental—I’ve made them before. I don’t remember where I got the recipe/idea (you can basically see how to make them). I’m going to go out on aContinue reading “Catching up with ESC: 30-32”

Drama Queen: Story of Pearl Girl

I’ll cut right to the chase: you can skip this one. But you might not want to for reasons I have no control over. Say you’ve heard all the scuttlebutt around Zhao Lusi’s health and want to support her, or just want to ambulance-chase Pearl Girl, the last drama she filmed before she was hospitalized,Continue reading “Drama Queen: Story of Pearl Girl”

Rapa Nui

I just got back from a week on Rapa Nui (Easter Island), and here’s the upshot: if you *ever* find yourself with the time and the means to get out there, you should. You’ll be supporting tourism on the island, which is the only industry there and thus the main anchor that keeps Rapa NuiContinue reading “Rapa Nui”

I Have Notes…for Pluto

Possibly the most famous manga of all time is Astro Boy, written by Osamu Tezuka and serialized during the 1950s and 1960s in Japan during its harrowing post-WWII reconstruction period. While it reads today as hopelessly corn-cheesy (unless you grew up with it), at the time Astro Boy was a real shot in the armContinue reading “I Have Notes…for Pluto”

2024 Christmas Theme: Enchanted Forest

I took the Angela Harding advent calendar as the centerpiece of the theme as well as my Iittala Taika dinnerware (“Taika” means magic forest in Finnish, according to the company). Think lots of owls, deer, greenery, mushrooms, gnomes…. Extra Credit to my friend Nicole for convincing me to use my raven puppet as a treeContinue reading “2024 Christmas Theme: Enchanted Forest”

Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day 25

The strange old man in red with the belled reindeer led the ragtag party, weary and wet and bruised and smarting, deep into the north wood. Night had fallen by then, but so bright was the light shining from the crook of his staff that it chased all the shadows, and the snow sparkled likeContinue reading “Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day 25”

And Merry Christmas from ATEEZ

You likely won’t make it all the way through this one unless you have as many sunk costs with these guys as I do, but fast forward to 17 minutes in and watch the adorable sibling energy between Seonghwa and Yeosang

Merry Christmas from Gosha!

Hang out by the fire with him and steal pomegranates…. Then take a snow bath when you need a break!

Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day 24

If you had been in the air above the north wood outside Stane How in the last light of Christmas Eve, if you had been circling the wood on—let’s just say—a magical flying reindeer, what would have greeted your eyes would not have been a peaceful holiday tableau, with animals snuggling down for their longContinue reading “Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day 24”

Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day 23

Before the sun was up, Violet had Clive saddled even though her cold fingers fumbled with the girth strap in the weak lantern light, and snow was blowing into her eyes even under the stable awning. It calmed a bit as the sun came up, and for the first stretch of road, the going wasn’tContinue reading “Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day 23”