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#chatterday2025
Today we are at the laundromat in the morning, then I will be working on getting some plants repotted; groceries; reading. I think that‘s all.
#chatterday2025
Today we are at the laundromat in the morning, then I will be working on getting some plants repotted; groceries; reading. I think that‘s all.
#5joysfriday
1) Finally won a Table Topics at Toastmasters.
2) reading at the pool.
3-5) Day trip to Santa Barbara—gardens & library. At the library, I saw my favorite childhood book sitting on the shelf. :)
This is my read for the weekend. Want to get it finished by Sunday. I had put it on hold for my break for some reason. Also, made my own iced coffee this morning. I‘m definitely not a natural at it. Part of me is saying to stick with tea. :D
#morningcoffee
#morningreading
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/19/nx-s1-5436967/juneteenth-underground-railroad-qui...
“For Edith Edmunds, the art of quilt making is inextricably linked to the Black struggle for freedom. That's why she plans to be sewing on Juneteenth.”
This will be a hard read. Especially for folks with no experience with the hardships disabled people face, let alone those who are disabled AND (queer, BIPOC, etc.). Everything written in the intro about white disabled “spaces” is true, even for white people who might not have access to care through insurance or their own money. In Chapter 1, COVID response is spelled out perfectly by pointing out that ⬇️
pickNice book but only 3.5 stars. I like the idea, but it seemed that the child felt too much pressure to “choose” their pronouns & words for the day. A better way the adults could have dealt with it is explained that the child was still valid even if they couldn‘t find their “words” for the day. Still, a good book for introducing children to the concept of pronouns. ⬇️
#lgbtqia2s
#lgbtliterature
Visited Santa Barbara today. Was walking along State Street and looked down to my left and said “There‘s the library.” It took my kids half a block before they saw it. They do not have a library radar in their heads. 😂
#library
#daytripping
Totally shocked to win against nine others tonight. The questions to speak on was “Sports book or sports movie? Tell us about a recommendation.” So I told them about Call Him Jack. This is my first TableTopics win. In fact, winning TT was my goal in Toastmasters this year. :)
#toastmasters
#baseball
#weeklyforecast
Will they ever finish Impossible Creatures? Inquiring minds want to know.
#summerreading
Here‘s a late #hyggehourreadathon post. I was just too tired to post anything and make it make sense. :D
My youngest son and I read together because my youngest daughter was playing video games with her older siblings. My son got the Pokémon book because they gave away books to kids who signed up for the reading program at the library.
#summerreadingprogram
#libraries
Reading for today because of several conversations and observations from the previous few weeks since “Jackie Robinson Day.”
#baseball
#racism
#americanhistory
I told my daughter I was going to choose Crooked Kingdom for this post and she said “Pekka Rollins?!?!?” I do not know what is wrong with that child. COLM FAHEY. He was a real dad. Flawed but able to see those flaws when pointed out to him and willing to do anything to help his son.
#sixofcrows
#crookedkingdom
#chatterday2025
The plan is to go to the laundromat 🧺 this morning. We go super early (it‘s 5:30 am and we‘ll be packing the van 🚐 soon) so to avoid the crowds.
Later we might go swimming. 🏊♂️ Even later we‘ll definitely listen to the Dodgers game. ⚾️ Throughout I‘ll read a bit and I should work on my blanket (crochet). 🧶
Edited to add: Yikes, it‘s Saturday. Protest. We are going to the protest. 🪧
Back to the library because I forgot to pick up a hold yesterday. More reading and more check outs ensued.
#libraries
#childrensliterature
Bird watching at the river mouth. Took about a 30 minute hike through the dunes to get there. Definitely worth it for the beauty of the area. Now we‘re at our usual walking park/beach watching the swallows swoop and swirl, picking their lunch out of midair. :)
#birding
#centralcoast
Decided to stop by the Channel Islands Visitor Center before our walk. So, now I have a new book. 😬
My son picked this one out, but it‘s a bit long for him. We‘ll be reading it over two nights. A bittersweet beginning to this book. Deals a little with death of a loved one. Mostly about transitions in life. Something I‘m not sure my son can remember since we‘ve finally stayed in the same place for two years. (He has trouble with long term memory.) Would be a good book to read if a child is moving to a new place.
#childrensliterature
#storygraph
Some morning reading with my tea on this cool and overcast day. I can relate to the cold of May mentioned in this book. We don‘t see any warmth until mid-July here.
#naturalitsy #midsummersolace #buddyread #litsolace
pickA sweet, gentle story about a fox walking through the forest at night, on her way home. It‘s a perfect bedtime story due to its slow pace and gentle scenes. The illustrations add to the quiet feel of the book.
I highly recommend reading some children‘s books during this difficult time. It really helps with emotional regulation. Many children‘s books are designed for that very purpose.
#childrensliterature
The craft for the summer reading program was decorating a rubber duckie. I think Ernie would have loved it. :)
#libraries
#Crafts
Such a fun time at the Summer Reading kick off. For those of you whose kids are grown, they have a program for adults at most libraries.
Are you participating in your library‘s summer reading?
#supportthelobrary
#summerreading
1) Í have almost never preordered a book. The one time I did I had a negative experience with the bookstore. So now I just wait. Of course, with ebooks it makes it so easy that I don‘t need to preorder. Just put the date into my calendar. ?
2) See above.
#two4tuesday
All over the place. Medical insurance headaches that are already negatively impacting my kids. Over an hour trying to figure out that my daughter can‘t go to her scheduled appointment with the specialist tomorrow. I have been fighting insurance companies since my oldest was born over 28 years ago. I‘m so tired.
On the good side, my youngest son enjoyed the summer reading kickoff and I won for best speaker at Toastmasters.
#mentalhealthmonday
#chatterday2025
Shopping. 🛍️ New plants. 🌱 Our day‘s plan had to be altered. 😞 Finally picked up the tagged book at the library. 📚 Tried a new (to us) pizza place downtown. It is Neapolitan, which is crazy because I just this week learned about pizza from Naples. It is pretty tasty. 🍕 My youngest has a birthday tomorrow 🎂 so I should go buy the pancake mix. 🥞 And a speech. I am supposed to write a speech for Monday. 🤦🏼♂️
#5joysfriday
Pride Month begins.
Trip the dunes
And beach
Visiting the library
Prepping for summer reading kickoff
Went to the beach with the kids today and I took the wrong book. 😭 😭 😭 I took one I‘d already read.
The weather is gloomy, but the cool feels nice to this middle-aged afab body. I moved away from the desert at exactly the right time. :)
How is the weather in your parts and what is your fave beach/park read?
#summerreading
#beachlife
pickSuch a cute book. My son picked this out to have me read to him today. Sweet Penelope wants so much to be a librarian. She just has one little BIG problem. A good book to show children (and adults, hopefully) that sometimes we need to get creative to make our dreams and talents match.
#review
#childrensbooks
#childrenliterature
#libraries
1) Embrace tragic optimism.
2) 🌈📚⚾️
3) A certain someone getting a black eye. God, that felt good. (Stay away from my kids and their rights and health, republicans.)
#wondrouswednesday
#twofortuesday
1) My first thought was to say Judy Blume for the 70s and 80s afab (I see some else did the same.) But that was only when I lived in white suburbia. When I moved to white rural US during middle school, nobody read any books and no one knew what I was talking about when I mentioned the books. :/ So, I suppose it‘s only for a certain group.
2) That said, the tagged book fits 2020. 😬
bailedIt has been a very long time since I bailed on a book so early. This book was so predictable; it was boring. Add to that my most hated trope—the super nice guy in love with the least liked female + wedding night attack. If you‘ve read this genre, you know what happens next. The problem is, unlike, say, Rule of Wolves, where you are so heavily invested in the other characters that you force yourself to read on, you do not care.
#dnf
#badtropes
There are actually more, but this was the first that popped into my head. I read a lot when I was a kid.
#sundayfunday
Another children‘s book, but that is going to be my emphasis in grad school so it‘s educational. 😊
#chatterday
Well, I‘m reading Six of Crows, so life is rough. I tried to switch to another, happier, series for coping, but I‘m not in the mood. (Why is there no “sad smile” emoji?)
Work is off for 3 weeks; however, it‘s unpaid so it‘s not that great. But the Dodgers won the first two games of their series against the Yankees and I did not expect it so that makes me happy. ⚾️ 😊
Reread this today to see if it can be a comfort book in the same way Six of Crows is. I love this series, but I‘m not sure it‘s got enough darkness to be my companion during the rough times.
1) Already did. I chose Lee. The reasons are a little complicated and maybe even corny.
2) when I was young I had a cat I named after my favorite comic strip, Ziggy.
3) The name William keeps popping up in my reading and in a fanfic I‘m writing, but Kaz will always be my fave. :)
