photo of a page of text: May their children e-mail one another and not bomb one another May they download each other's mother’s bread recipes May they sell yams and yogurts to each orher at a conscionable price May they learn each other’s tongue and put words into each other’s mouth Say Amen Say آمين Say it, say it
OOF MY HEART. from “Fayetteville as in Fate” by Mohja Kahf:
photo of the three books mentioned sitting on a wood floor
this morning’s walk also included a stop at 2 lil free libraries: COMMONWEALTH for my partner, Richard Scarry for baby Fizz, and E-MAILS FROM SCHEHERAZAD for me
photo of a street sign pole wrapped in alternating knit and crochet squares
yarnbomber strikes again!! 🤩
i am contemplating buying but can’t pick btw audio & print, SOPHIE’S CHOICE lol
a screenshot from Libby showing a 10 week wait on THE POTENCY OF UNGOVERNABLE IMPULSES by Malka Older
i can’t even be mad about how long the wait is on the newest MOSSA & PLEITI, like well done Philly
photo of a street sign pole covered in different swatches of crochet and yarn
this morning i am grateful for yarn-bombing
finished BLOOD JADE, preordered PEARL CITY — The Phoenix Hoard series is my fav new ongoing urban fantasy series y’all app.thestorygraph.com/books/35a6ec...
the song really is so so good
aaahhh THANK YOU
all suggestions welcome, will keep track of in here!
okay people, help me build my kiddo’s library — specifically looking for board books like LITTLE FEMINISTS and BABY GO! that intro global context, cultures, religions! bookshop.org/lists/coexis...
borrowed from library!
screenshot of the Libro.fm app showing WHAT IF WE GET IT RIGHT? audiobook in progress
i keep waking up waaaay too early, so i am extra grateful for WHAT IF WE GET IT RIGHT? by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson — realtalk about the climate crisis combined with optimism feels both radical and soothing
i keep thinking about this panel from Winter Institute — i think it was Janet Webster Jones who said her job was to “meet the moment” www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?i...
omg i cannot wait
roger and i are convinced we would CRUSH amazing race so basically yes, lol. and I KNOW RIGHT, this is like the people who go on Survivor without bothering to learn to make a fire. do you even go here
my toddler sitting down and looking at a page in BABY GO! THAILAND that shows an illustration of a basket of fruit on a boat
Fizz is still too little for screentime, so her pre-AMAZING RACE global education currently centers around the (amazing) BABY GO! series from Gloo Books — Thailand is the current favorite
an election-style sign in red, white, and blue that says, “Presidents Are Temporary. Wu-Tang Is Forever”
A MOOD
a photo from my pov of my toddler sitting on my lap as we look at a page of BESOS FOR BABY showing a blue cat
BESOS FOR BABY by Jen Arena and Blanca Gómez (acquired from the Shop at MATTER in Denver!!) is a huge hit in my house, especially el gato
DAY MADE
a close up of tree branches covered with hard hairy-looking ice
i was today years old when i learned about rime ice
photo of a baby with light brown hair wearing a green and white striped bodysuit facing away from the camera, looking at a page of THE LAST MARSHMALLOW
baby fizz is having a very @authorgracelin.bsky.social week — first on Baby Wordplay for lunar new year and then we just spent 10 minutes reading THE LAST MARSHMALLOW (she is clearly my child)
screenshot of a text message chain reading: me: like it kicks off with potshots at the Enlightenment and Rousseau and only gets better from there friend: Hahahahaha fuck rousseau what a piece of shit me: SRSLY
oh nothing just reading THE DAWN OF HUMANKIND by Graeber and Wengrow and texting fellow history friend about Rousseau
this, oof:
omggggggg
why is everyone in that season more bishonen than galad
called! PA friends, 👇
ok THANK YOU
like why would you ever wash your hoodies and sweats in the same load as your t-shirts and underwear?? does not compute
To instrumentalize what my sister is saying below: every time someone says DEI say “you mean civil rights?” Every time someone says they are against woke reply “oh so you’re a segregationist!” Words have meaning! Don’t allow that nonsense to stand.