This morning was like Christmas! I‘m so delighted by everything @Chrissyreadit thank you so so very much! These were such thoughtful selections! I love the candle so much I know it‘s going to be my new favorite office accessory and this edition of WitW is going on the special editions shelf ❤️ I‘m so excited to try the recipes! I love pomegranates #recipeswap @BennettBookworm great success 👩‍🍳

Fantastic romp through the windy cold to peruse the book & record stores in my local beach town ❤️ found these two gems but only bought the one 💎 I‘m not a Morrissey fan (but I love the Smiths!) 🤷‍♀️ ended up putting a LOT of books on hold at the library while shopping 😅 the struggle is real 📚

Happy Mother‘s Day to all who are & have been & wanted to be ❤️ I love my partner‘s donations in honor of the activist roots of this holiday 💐 I‘m so lucky to have met these people 🥰 see also the tagged book for a guide on how to not let them drive you insane 😅 it might be telling that I have six parenting books out from the library rn

Took some scones to my aunts & grandmother today ❤️ my kids, my sister, & I all went to visit for her birthday & Mother‘s Day 💐 Perfect opportunity to listen to the tagged book while baking & on the long drive there & back again 🚙 #audiobaking

Reading this classic of contemporary composition instruction while enjoying the afternoon light in my newly redecorated home office ❤️ #shelfie

🤓 I felt like I needed a refresher since my plant-based nutrition course was a looong 3 years ago 😅 This book has been very validating 😊 we‘ve been doing great! & this bbq cauliflower pizza was a great way to get those essential plant-based nutrients 👨‍🍳🌱 I recommend both the book & the pie 🍕

Back at work & trying to balance daycare along with usual expenses 🤑 this book has been helpful! Here‘s hoping it‘s an extra thousand a month helpful 💸 we saved enough for this year but I better start working some money magic 💵 😅

I‘ve been looking through the stacks in the children‘s section for a good cookbook so my son & I can cook together. This one has a lot of basic recipes he can make (with a little help) 😊 I‘m glad we were able to find a few to try & there was even time to have a little post-library picnic at the park! His sister caught a sweet nap in the shade while we tracked ants & bumble bees 🐝

Perfect lazy Saturday spent making cinnamon rolls & reading the latest ALH mystery 🧐 so far loving the art fraud angle & glad to spend some more time in this series 🥰 I already have a few theories but we‘ve eaten all but two of the buns 😢 🥮

Made a cover for my new machine using my old refurbished machine 🧵 the tagged book inspired me to finally get around to it 🪡 it also provided some new research for my article on sustainable fiber art 🧶 all around great primer for sewists, beginners & veterans alike 😊 can‘t wait to try out the advice on sewing wardrobe pieces next!

Okay so I‘ve sped through the series & now I‘m sad 🤖 Oh Murderbot when shall I see thee again?

Three Murderbot books in three days 🤖 I haven‘t felt like this about a series since I crushed those 20 Phryne Fishers in a month 😵‍💫 I wish there were 20 Murderbots! 🤓 in other news, my first batch of salad greens grew enough to harvest! Featured here gracing a leftover Mediterranean chickpea tagine tart with a drizzle of aioli 👩‍🍳

Read the final proof of my almost published magazine article then crushed Murderbot 3 & 4 while grocery shopping 🤖 these books are so satisfying! I love the action sequences but it‘s really about analyzing how evil corp. is going to be evil this time 😈 ordering takeout so I can read books 4.5 & 5 in the series tonight 📸 by Cara of Chickpea Magazine

I love murderbot more than carrot cake (& I really love carrot cake) 🥕 thank goodness this finally came in from the library— even though it came yesterday & I had to WAIT to read it until my family finally left— the third is just as tasty as the first two ❤️ I‘ve already lined up the next installment 🤖

Really enjoying this novel— as the youngest in my family, I love hearing the thoughts of the older sister ❤️ I also love the garden magic! 🌷

Another excellent set of essays on one of my favorite fiber arts 🧶also another beautiful day at the park 🌼 still waiting for murderbot 3 to come in at the library

Finishing up the second installment of The Murderbot Diaries while my 3 yr old & I bake Chloe Coscarelli‘s breakfast cookies 🍪 life is sweet!

Veggie dog mummies, tun-not pasta salad, & blueberry car cakes for Eliot tomorrow 🥙 goes with the theme of another excellent Amelia Peabody mystery 🕵️ I guessed the murderer immediately (as did Amelia) but still enjoyed the why & how 📚ready for more! & excited for their precocious son to join them in the next installment

Spent a fantastic morning with a pot of tea, a new knitting pattern, & my baby plants 🪴 little cozy mystery to pass the time while feeding the baby 👼 while the mystery was stitched up, I really enjoyed the easy female friendships throughout the book! 🥰 It also includes a pattern for a sweater vest & a recipe for cinnamon rolls 🥮

🌷Really enjoying this read as I get our little garden ready to grow 🌱started seeds for a dozen plants & transferred some herbs🪴 Now just to order some dirt 🌻

Lots of great information about the molecular construction, spinning, & production of fiber. Definitely adds another level to my appreciation for the noble threads 🧵 🪡 still, I don‘t feel my research is done quite yet— more to come! 🧶 #knitting #knittersoflitsy #hookersoflitsy #knitsy

This was such a great find! Love my local library 📚

The stack next to the couch is creeping up on me 👀

Our dear friends sent us a load of books 📚 & this very stylish shirt 🐸🍄 10/10 highly recommend!

I like to read about knitting while I knit 🤷‍♀️up next is Clara Parkes‘s the Knitters Book of Yarn 🧶 all research for an article on sustainable fiber (& my own personal yarn habit) 😅almost done with Eliot‘s sweater too! (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/a-simple-baby-pullover)

Whether people are actively discouraged from expanding the scope of their lives to pad the pockets of corporations or not, the outcome is the same.

🎶🌈the more you know❤️🎶

Absolutely loving this book! 📚also the map on the frontispiece is lovely 😻 I have multiple theories already about whodunit but need more evidence to confirm 👵🏻🧶update: my suspicions were correct! Can‘t wait to reserve the next installment 🦊

Thank you for all the birthday love! It was delightful ❤️💐🤟📚here‘s to the later half of my thirties 🥰🧶🦄👵🏻

Also a circle skirt with a custom print fabric panel based on the folio society edition 🗡I think spoonflower does custom fabric designs— I wonder if it would be copyright infringement or if I can change it enough? 🧐

Brainstorming the Marple T-shirt this morning! It‘s such a great idea 💡 considered a keyhole back but prefer the Peter Pan collar style 🧵What do you think of pearl buttons? I‘m leaning towards a stretch knit so they would function but largely decoratively 🪡

Still miss you 🖤it hasn‘t gotten easier but it‘s more familiar so it hurts less. To anyone out there struggling, you‘re not alone even if you feel like it 🕯

Truly lovely morning 💐met a friend for lunch & strolled through downtown Lewes where I inevitably spent too much here 📚the owner was even kind enough to gift me this canvas tote, featuring a beautiful photo of her shop! 🥰

#tarottakeover The 3 of ⚔️ is heartache, sorrow, & grief 🖤 my deepest fear is losing those I love 🖤however, I refuse to be so afraid of losing something I won‘t allow myself to have it. I may have anxiety, but I also have courage 💪

📸by Rebecca of aclotheshorse

Finished the face & hair for Elinor‘s doll & started reading the Yarn Whisperer— I love Clara Parkes! I‘m working on writing an article about sustainable fiber so I‘m calling this research 🧐 definitely not procrastination (pro-craft-ination?) 🧶 #knitsy #knitting #knittersoflitsy #hookersoflitsy

Pattern is the Oak Folk (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-oak-folk-doll-body)

A perfect representation for my interpretation of the hierophant! The tagged book was almost immediately banned. One of the first English copies was translated by my favorite lady, George Eliot. My own beliefs line up imperfectly with Spinoza‘s. I play a bit fast & loose (probably bc I‘m not a brilliant philosopher) but seeing the divine in the universe around me resonates deeply #tarottakeover

Today‘s card is the 5 of 🪄so today‘s book provides tools for battle. For my own personal conflicts, a small recitation of psalm 37 never goes amiss! My partner & I talked about this at length yesterday— give people respect & dignity but don‘t allow their tribalism & ignorance to perpetuate conflict or injustice. #tarottakeover

🖼 by Laura Tempest Zakroff (https://owlkeyme.square.site)

Choosing to interpret the 2 of ☕️ as another sign for pursuing self-love, healing an internal disharmony, especially considering it‘s placement alongside the 9 of ⚔️. Therefore yesterday‘s book is a little of both: protect yourself & prepare for external conflict if necessary! #tarottakeover

📸 by Rebecca of aclotheshorse

some heavy anxiety & negative thoughts will be my personal battle this month— what else is new? Still, what to do about it? 👸🏻🌟tells me I need to think about what abundance looks like for me & take care of myself. Reading the tagged book to do just that 📖 deck is mini witches tarot gifted by the lovely @MoonWitch94 #tarottakeover

edit: realized I misread the instructions 🤦‍♀️ but I think this book works well for nine of swords too

Really enjoyed meeting the author tonight via Zoom! I‘m still waiting for the book to arrive but his insights were incredible! ❤️🙏🏻I‘m immediately inspired to mine all our ancestral recipes & adapt them for our modern family👩‍🍳

I love soup but this new cookbook has made it my latest obsession. Each recipe has a haiku & a beautiful watercolor illustration, plus recommendations for instant pot adaptations & storage. ❤️🍜highly recommend, both for the recipes as well as the story

this was taken just before my due date last December 🤦‍♀️ People regularly said how big I was 😅 such a great feeling 🙃

Early on in this book, Ballard asks you to choose a feature you love & affirm it. Then she asks you to choose what you hate & love it harder. I chose my stomach. You know what I love about it now? Everything.

this body is m i n e & I love it

Finally veganized this recipe for rainbow veggie slice & it was a major crowd pleaser! I barely had a chance to snap a pic before my guests devoured it 🥰thanks @thegirlwiththelibrarybag for the recipe! Absolutely delicious 😋 https://www.bestrecipes.com.au/recipes/rainbow-veggie-slice/v4fim9fi

Fixed the sweater I made for this guy last year but not happy with the mend. It was definitely one of those days! Try again tomorrow lol #knitting #knitsy

This is such an interesting book! ( @Crazeedi I think you would like the historical bits about the Pelagians) 📸 by Rebecca of aclotheshorse

#remembersharon I enjoyed your humor and your cards. Thank you for all the notes connecting us across the digital divide ❤️ may we meet again @sharread @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks #litsylove

Another ~7 hrs today for #sharreadathon also spent some time watching Miss Marple and stitch doodling

Another ~7 hours, this time mostly ebook for #sharreadathon but with some audio for #paganbuddystudy 🧚🏻 spent the rest of the day walking around with this little girl & contemplating existence— an absolute lark

Miss Marple is such a lovely detective! How could I ever pick a favorite? I can‘t even choose a favorite author! I love them all equally: Dorothy & Agatha & Georges & Arthur & Raymond & Walter…🔍 this was a great start for the #sharreadathon ~7 hrs audio reading logged, largely while walking on the beach

Heartbroken to hear about Sharon. I‘m grateful for this community every day & #litsylove in particular ❤️

The #sharreadathon is a beautiful way to remember a wonderful person. I‘ll be binging Miss Marple all day

Thanks to organizers @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Professional_Book_Dragon & @Bookwormjillk

Finished! I‘m super happy with how baby Elinor‘s sweater turned out ❤️It‘s been a great reading week too📚wrapped up the vampire knitting club series 🧶now moving on to some nonfiction ☕️ #knitting #knitsy #knit #knittersoflitsy #hookersoflitsy