Dan and I have snuck away for a weekend in New Hope, and my new favorite thing *in the world* is people with strong north Jersey accents explaining the metaphysical properties of crystals to me.
Magic is for everyone! 💫 ❤️

Certainly, I’m not going to whine about a manageable workload, but I admit that the slim paperbacks I’ve thus far been assigned in my grad school career just don’t fit the trope I’ve had in my head.
This one does! A 700-pager with no dust jacket and that super lived-in look.
THIS is an M.A. book!

Stealth level: 100

I fell in love with this I-Can’t-Believe-It’s-Not-Syroco wall clock on eBay but am now underwhelmed. 😅
In person, it is SO obvious that this is plastic/resin. I’m thinking of painting it.
Anyone rehabbed a similarly dramatic & kitschy timepiece? Let’s see what you did!
Electric candles coming ASAP

Pray for us 🙏 🕯️

The $7 antique whereupon I impale my stupid bills (once I have paid them with stupid money.)

It’s a highly organized and meticulous filing system. 🔪

Our bird feeder camera snapped a perfectly-timed photo of a cardinal with her wings tucked, and my husband turned it into a headline 😆

Eldest’s favorite horror genre is giant monsters; a space horror filmmakers haven’t spent much time in recently. We’re hopeful that incredible movies like Nope and Godzilla Minus One are heralding new things.

Importantly, we don’t really care WHAT the giant monster is 👀https://youtu.be/ddjh5UFU79E