I’m taking a mental health break from linkity this week. Perhaps there’s a week you missed? Now’s your chance to catch up! 🙂

“….zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…” -Chaos

Welcome back to Art Journaling Monday! 🙂

• Reality.
• Watch them glow.
• Sloth and typewriter.
• “We all need more kindness in this world“.
• Another practice page.
• Stripped Minneapolis.
• Facades $0.25.

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“Where did that snow come from?! That’s going to delay my birds!!!” -Mayhem

Bookity

• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Linkity from the Pen Addict.
• An intro to British cozy mysteries.
• “Poems for when life is just hard“.
• Bill Murray reading poetry. (via Book Riot)
• Getting started with elfpunk. (Hmm, seems like the Borderlands series should’ve been mentioned…)
• “Harry Potter and the battle for gun control“.
• “Keeping a journal has real benefits, so choosing the right notebook for you is important“. (via Notebook Stories)
• Oh, English.

Think, Do, Make, Learn

• “A note about Russian propaganda on Tumblr“.
• “I watched all 629 episodes of The Simpsons in a month. Here’s what I learned.” (via maderr)
• Primer on David Bowie’s film career. (via Largehearted Boy)
• “How ‘bad medicine’ dismisses and misdiagnoses women’s symptoms“. (via jmcbks)
• Surprise – another human organ has been discovered.
• “Your half-assed attempts at exercise are still really good for you“.
• I am curious about the “Not-to-Do” list…
• 10-minute cleaning checklist (for unexpected company).
• NASA astronauts answer questions about space.
• “Why we finally feel betrayed by Facebook“.

Cookity

• 25 dinner recipes featuring eggs.
• Muffin tin pizza bombs.
• Buttermilk blueberry lemon scones.
• Squidgy white chocolate cake.

Gluten Free

• Easy cinnamon rolls.
• Fudgy coconut flour brownies.
• Sticky lemon cake.
• Gluten-free baking tips.

Artsy Crafty

• Review of four cat craft books.
• Knitting linkity from kmkat.

Cool

• Listen to the water on the rocky shore of Lake Superior.
• Minneapolis on St Patrick’s Day.
• Rainbow pathway.
• Spoken word by Shane Koyczan: “How to be a Person” and “Instructions for a Bad Day“.
• (US) Regional gothic.
• Linkity from kmkat.

Cool or Wha…?

• That hallway… no.
• If you need trinkets with Sumerian on them…

Wha…?

• Sliced ketchup.
• A T-Rex burned down.

LOL

• Give him the shiny!
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi gag reel.
• VERY NSFW CAKE WRECKS.

Teh Cute

• Bongo and baby! Baby penguin!

Reading Update
Collage Lab: 52 Experiments, Investigations, and Exploratory Projects by Bee Shay. Pretty much what it says on the tin! I liked the examples of the various experiments – I’ll definitely refer back to this one when I want to do a photo transfer using gel medium, for example. What I didn’t like was the tacit art knowledge that seemed to be required throughout the book. Reread: OMG, why not put the instructions in the same place for every lab?!

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I call this one “Drowsing Chaotic Cat with Ears of Annoyance”.

Welcome back to Art Journaling Monday! 🙂

• Rainbow honeycomb.
• India ink.
• Post-its for everyone!
• India ink again.
• Spiral scribbles.
• Resists.
• Brushes.
• Be kind.

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“Maybe there aren’t any birds left anywhere…” -Mayhem

(Looking out the windows is pretty boring for her in the winter.)

Learn a little bit more about me.

Bookity

• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Linkity from Inkophile.
• Illustrated Ursula K Le Guin quote.
• “Two new Charlotte Bronte manuscripts to be published this fall“.
• Quotes from Pride and Prejudice.
• John Oliver trolling Mike Pence.
• “Harry Potter and the history of queerbaiting“.
• “Free planner download: undated weekly work plan“.

Do, Make, Learn, Think

• My money’s on Biden.
• What Old Norse sounded like. (Blodeuedd, there’s a cowboy!)
• Dick’s Sporting Goods takes a stand.
• It’s not the fault of video games.
• “We need to examine bias in how we talk about shooters and shooting victims“.
• “18 thrilling stories you could only find on Tumblr“.
• “What 100 calories of Easter candy looks like“.
• Yesterday was World Poetry Day.
• Check your smoke detectors…
• Infant mortality by US state.
• On STEM diversity.

Cookity

• Veggie supreme pizza.
• 10 pasta with veggies recipes.
• Cheesy coconut curry fried rice.
• 25 “rice for dinner” recipes.
• 12 asparagus recipes.
• 15 breakfast recipes using potatoes.
• Leftover chili baked potato casserole.
• Easy cinnamon rolls.

Gluten Free

• Protein cookies.
• Vegan biscuits.
• Pizza dough.
• Pizza dough taste test.

Artsy Crafty

• Knitting linkity from kmkat.

Cool

• Textbook island.
• Embroidery hoops.
• Rube Goldberg with fidget spinners.
• Linkity from kmkat.

Cool or Wha…?

• “‘Africa’ [by Toto] being played through a dead mall AP system“.

Wha…?

• Arizona.
• House built of stuff purchased from eBay.
• The musical calculator (from the 80s) is returning.

LOL

• “The 11 seasons of Midwestern states“. SO TRUE.
• “Doin’ Her Best Barbie“.
• “The 1969 Easter Mass Incident“.
• New Simon’s Cat!
• Humor or simply truth: anxiety.
• On being judgmental.

Teh Cute

• Baby bat with the hiccups (video)! Polar bear and baby! Baby penguin! Dik-diks and baby!

Reading Update
Painting Your Way Out of  Corner: The Art of Getting Unstuck by Barbara Diane Barry. Good book about using intuitive painting (whether or not you’ve ever painted before) to help you get past blocks in your life.

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“Please bring back the birds, Mom. I miss them!” -Mayhem

(Soon. Very soon. I hope.)