Welcome back to Art Journaling Monday! 🙂

• Private party.
• 27 reasons.
• Wisdom human happy write.
• Liberty vs security.
• Ugly art.
• Last chance!
• Definitions of freedom.
• Cheese curds play you.
• “Armor and Calla Lilies”.

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“…zzzzzzzzzzzz…” -Mayhem

Bookity

• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Smart Bitches on reading position stock photos.
• Linkity from the Pen Addict.
• 50 word games for kids and adults.
• “How to create a wiki to support your fantasy worldbuilding“.
• “We need to admit that Mary Poppins is a sociopath“.
• Something you might not have known about JRR Tolkien.
• Have you considered… working class wizards?
• Writing with commentary (as in sports commentary).

Think, Learn, Make, Do

• This is the last year for In the Heart of the Beast’s MayDay Parade in Minneapolis, after 45 years.
• Why asexuality needs to be more widely known.
• How to opt out of free samples from Amazon.
• Charles Darwin might have had Lyme’s disease.
• What could go wrong with the FDA’s food safety inspectors not working during the government shutdown?
• The Olivetti Lettera 22 is 65 years old.
• Food intolerances vs food allergies.

Cookity

• Cheesy garlic and herb smashed sweet potatoes.
• Sweet potato and coconut curry.
• Many ways to boil eggs.
• 3-ingredient Nutella brownies.
• Creamy orange bars.

Gluten Free

• Low-carb pizza.

Artsy Crafty

• Linkity from knittyBlog.
• Knitting linkity from kmkat.

Cool

• On bowerdragons.
• “Humans are loyal if properly bonded“.
• Good words.
• More good words.
• Lots of Twin Cities’ murals. A couple are borderline NSFW, but they ARE on the sides of buildings here in Minneapolis, so….
• Inspiration for girls.
• Lin-Manuel Miranda and some friends from Hamilton saved the Drama Book Shop in NYC.
• “I’m not so weird to me.“
• John Darnielle (The Mountain Goats) on “This Year”.
• Linkity from kmkat.

Cool or Wha…?

• 32-year old Alan Rickman.

LOL

• This probably won’t make any sense if you aren’t a gamer.
• I have absolutely made Snickers “Salad” before, although probably not for at least 25 years. I had no idea it was such a regional thing, though.
• “No time for mansplaining…“
• About my Minnesota-shaped cutting board.
• The difference between dining out and eating at home.
• It’s so true!

Teh Cute

• Fox! Bongo and baby!

Reading Update
Trailer Park Fae, Roadside Magic, and Wasteland King (Gallow & Ragged #1-3) by Lilith Saintcrow. Good trilogy about a war between the Seelie and Unseelie Courts (Summer and Unwinter) and the half-human/half-fae who get caught in the middle.
Night Shift (Jill Kismet #1) by Lilith Saintcrow. Reread of this paranormal romance about a demon hunter whose powers are demon-enhanced. No desire to read more of the series. Last time I tried, I think I made it two books in before giving up…
The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Fighting the Big Motherfuckin’ Sad by Adam Gnade. What it says on the tin. It was fine. I don’t think the author and I would enjoy hanging out with each other, tho.
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles #1) by Marissa Meyer. Good young adult scifi twist on the Cinderella tale – Cinder is a cyborg.
On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes by Alexandra Horowitz. Very good book about a woman who goes for walks with various experts (geologist, doctor, architect, etc) and experiences the various lens different people use to see the world.

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“My foot is not big! It is perfect!!!” -Mayhem

Welcome back to Art Journaling Monday! 🙂

• Freedom.
• Freedom-related quotes, pt 1.
• “…for nothin’ left to lose.“
• Freedom-related quotes, pt 2.
• Enthralled like ideas.
• Let freedom ring.
• Freedom-related quotes, pt 3.
• Gluten freedom.

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“Once again, trying to sleep here, Mom!” -Mayhem

Bookity

• New releases: Tor.com (genre benders, YA SFF), Smart Bitches (romance), Gizmodo (SFF), AAR (romance)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Linkity from the Pen Addict.
• Cover snark from Smart Bitches.
• “How the Lord of the Rings changed publishing forever“.
• A bunch of books just entered the public domain. Where to download those books.
• “What Mister Rogers taught us about storytelling“.
• Have you considered doing a DiscWorld read along this year?
• “‘Add more goats’ and other artistic advice from Ursula Le Guin“.
• “Today’s aesthetic: 19th century literature where the nominal protagonist doesn’t even show up until you’re 20,000 words in.“
• About that time Heathcliffe disappeared in Wuthering Heights.
• What if there was a historical fantasy featuring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini?
• Can you picture Arthur Weasley at a Muggle science fair?
• When readers go on holiday. (Ebooks make traveling as a reader MUCH BETTER.)

Think, Make, Learn, Do

• Practice disruptive compassion.
• The Leidenfrost effect in action.
• “Angel’s Glow“.
• The Mary Tyler Moore house.
• I really hope Elizabeth Warren runs for President.
• President Obama’s list of the best pop culture of 2018.
• If you’ve ever wondered how they thawed Captain America, wonder no more!
• Climate change on Meet the Press.

Cookity

• Black-eyed pea hummus.
• Quick chicken teriyaki.
• Honey chamomile tea latte.

Gluten Free

• Easy banana bread.
• Coconut and chocolate chip cookie bars.
• Peanut and sweet potato soup.
• Best GF recipes of 2018.

Artsy Crafty

• 365 Somethings 2019.
• Knitting linkity from kmkat.

Cool

• Short about a kid who wants to be an astronaut.
• Short about a duck who adores Donald Duck.
• The print is already hanging on my wall…
• Could be Chaos!
• Yes, this.
• Linkity from kmkat.

Wha…?

• This sounds more like a movie than real life, doesn’t it?

LOL

• Be careful when ordering bulk crickets.
• On catching an escaped cat.
• D’oh! Hover cursor/long-press for the caption.

Teh Cute

• Otter and babies!

Reading Update
The Mortal Word (The Invisible Library #5) by Genevieve Cogman. Another very good addition to this series. I devoured it in a single sitting.
Zero Sum Game (Russell’s Attic #1) by SL Huang. Ambivalent about this one – I liked it well enough, but the rest of the series isn’t available because it’s being rereleased. By the time they’re all rereleased, I will have forgotten everything about this book.
A Gathering of Magic (Shades of Magic #2) by VE Schwab. I gave up a few chapters in – it just wasn’t holding my interest for some reason.
The Iron Wyrm Affair, The Red Plague Affair, The Ripper Affair, and The Damnation Affair (Bannon & Clare 1-3, 1.5) by Lilith Saintcrow. Very good magical Holmesian steampunk trilogy. Recommended. While The Damnation Affair is nominally set in the same universe, it’s on another continent and features completely different characters.
Beast of Wonder by Lilith Saintcrow. I have no idea what happened in this one. Just HUH?!

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Catghan activated!

Welcome back to Art Journaling Monday! 🙂

• I am because we are.
• Imagine.
• Charmed disappoint shine search.
• The people have the power!
• Strong curl plummeting.
• “The prom was several years ago – I hope it’s not too late.“
• “I am you, you are too.“
• “If you get rid of all your baggage, you will likely float away.“
• “Step forward“.

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*deep thoughts* -Mayhem