New jobs for seriously new kind of editor
After medical and scientific and technical, I am so ready to try my hand at vegetable editing. Credit: Andrew White for The New York Times
It was bad enough when it came to the subway
But this could be a whole ‘nother level of annoyance.
Blissful quote
Via the marvelous Austin Kleon: You must have a room, or a certain hour or so a day, where you don’t know what was in the newspapers that morning, you don’t know who your friends are, you don’t know what…
Today’s musings
From the friends at Sketchbook Skool, this video about the importance of color. And of painting and of doing creative things. I need all the color I can get right now.
10-minute-ish dinner
Peeps, if you don’t make this Instant Pot butter chicken, you are OUT OF YOUR MIND. So good. Delicious. Amazing. EASY. YUM, YUM.
In praise of Mississippi
I’ve had Mississippi writers on my mind recently, as I’m finally getting around to reading a biography of William Faulkner, who is endlessly fascinating, and in the wake of the brilliant Sing, Unburied, Sing. Mississippi has birthed some of the…
Celebrating the pencil
My theme gifts for Christmas were centered around the humble pencil. I bought loads of great stuff from this fantastic shop. So I was tickled to see this cool article, with its amazing photographs, in today’s NYT.
Getting out from under the news
No words left, no more outrage for the state of the world right now. I think I may just have to resort to asking the Lord to come back and get it all over with it. This morning, I was…
My TBR list
Of all the “best of” lists I’ve read this year, I think I am most persuaded by this one. Short enough to be doable. May make my way down from the top! DISCUSS.
So much going on, mainly Moravian-related!
It’s that time of year when I am trying to get all my tasks corralled before the holidays: all those health insurance claims (a particular horror where I work, where you pay for everything up front and then tape…