72. 🧁 still consuming 🧁

thinking about "elderly disapproving Faces"

Hello, and happy Monday.

I hope that you all had a wonderful long weekend and holiday. Much of my time was spent resting and enjoying time spent with loved ones. I also managed to go to a thrift store on Friday and find this amazing piece of collage art:

Because last week was a bit shorter, I'm just going to leave you with some links from the past week or so, and I'll be back next week with the usual programming. 😄

🌀 Still consuming.

Emma Smith-Stevens @ESmithStevens

Dog sleeping with his head on my leg that he also shed all over, unfortunately I will not be moving an inch for the foreseeable future

• Can most definitely relate to the above.

• I'm really intrigued by this new social media platform called Somewhere Good. It's definitely giving off 90s nostalgia vibes.

• "But under Sittoo’s reign, the tyranny of time softened. If the arc of my mother’s days was an upward slope of accumulating tasks, my grandmother looped her hours around a loose collection of duties and diversions." A beautiful essay on the role of tea, time/productivity, and family in a Palestinian immigrant household.

• I can't tell you how excited I am for the re-release of 1989.

• If you've been reading tiny driver for a while, you know how much I love horror. This article from the New York Times on the importance of Black horror is well worth reading.

• Been on a Franny Choi kick recently. Love her website for its thoughtful teaching tools.

• I came across this collaborative google doc on decolonizing the design world, and I really want to dig into it later next month!

• The secret to enjoying a long winter.

📖 Book club corner.

For November's book club (on Tuesday!!), we will be reading Hola Papi by John Paul Brammer! Thank you to everyone who voted, and feel free to purchase a copy of the book here! Details are below.

It’s a short, fun read, so do feel free to join us if you’re just starting on the book today!

Here’s the event info:
Date & Time: Tuesday, November 30 @ 5PM PST/8PM EST
Registration Link!
Suggested Donation (for those able to donate): $3-10 through Paypal or Venmo (@idyalz)

🐶 A pup-date.

Big Girl looked extremely cute relaxing on the couch this weekend.

As always, thanks so much for reading through, and I'll see you in the next one!

Warmly,
Ida