I’d like to travel to
Maybe be of some help to my m-i-law.
Devote serious time to listening to music.
Devote serious time to being out in nature.
See Rush.
See Weird Al Yankovich.
Attend a couple of beer festivals.
Make yarn.
I may like to join Braver Angels.
I may like to do some volunteer work helping old people.
Maybe get to Montreal and see Cirque du Soleil.
Beautify my surroundings.
Say “yes” to invitations.
Say “any time is good for me.”
Weave?
Bead?
Sew?
The Annotated Autobiography – Laura Ingalls Wilder, edited by Pamela Smith Hill (re-read)
I decided to give this a re-read after re-reading Little House on the Prairie which I decided to re-read after wanting to remind myself about the depiction of Native Americans. So after Little House I wanted to remind myself what years Laura actually lived in Indian Territory – I had remembered it being at something like age 2, which made me wonder how she could write such vivid memories of the experience, or any memories at all. Turns out she was there from age 2 up to age 4 or 5 – age when memories can definitely be recollected, especially when probably reinforced by other family members later in life.
by Marie Kondo
Marie Kondo is truly a hero to me. She was a shy young Japanese woman, afraid of speaking in public, when she was catapulted to fame and the top of the best-seller list; yet she believed so thoroughly in the life-changing magic of “tidying”, she traveled the world and moved to America to spread her message. For Kondo, this is not about organizing or merely discarding; it’s spiritual, and about respect for all the world, inanimate as well as animate creation. This book is about those aspects of Japanese culture that inform her mindset.
I found the most wonderful podcast – SO much better than listening to political stuff, a hole I was falling down:
https://500songs.com/tag/led-zeppelin/
This one for example is about Led Zeppelin; I’ve listened to 3 about Bob, 1 on Janis and 1 on the Stones so far. This one got me thinking about vocalists. There are clips of Robert Plant singing with some of the bands he was in before the Yardbirds; and at one point some producer was trying to make him into a “Tom Jones or Englebert Humperdinck”. In all cases he sounded SO different than he does with Zeppelin. It got me thinking about how Dylan had so many different voices over his career; and during the Janis episode, they had a clip of her very early on singing in a pure Joan Baez style. The voice is truly an instrument. Talented vocalists are those who know how to use it.
Although I was itching to do a blend, this combed so easily, I quickly had enough to make a solid.
It was a thing of beauty!
But it was so bland. Gonna have to load the leftovers with hot sauce, salt, & cheese.
by Alan Siegel
It’s about the SIMPSONS, but more than that, about the SIMPSONS’ golden era – the early to mid-90s. Because IT STOPPED BEING GOOD after that, people. Worst. Downfall. Ever.
But the SIMPSONS through most of the 90s was just awe-inspiring. I remember calling it “God”, which was ludicrous, but I remember distinctly actually saying that.
It was impactful. It was meaningful. It was really moving.
Yet this book… wasn’t that great. It was about the writers, and it was hard to keep track of all the different writers; I wasn’t made to care about them or even really like them much.
Stupid book!! Be more better!!
Been carding this new blonde color.
by Barbara Kingsolver
Amazing writing! It just keeps coming at you. I could pull worthy quotes from every page. Such as: “My mind had only one thought in it as regards childhood. For any kid that gets that as an option: take that sweet thing and run with it. Hide. Love it so hard. Because it’s going to fucking leave you and not come back.” I felt like she wasn’t writing, she was channeling someone.
Funny thing is, when I was 12, I would have called this my least favorite color in the world. Yuck! Sick green!
Now it makes me so happy.
Tytania 