Mindi

Hard nope.

I don’t know when I’ve read anything truer.

It’s like Watergate, only in this version Nixon directly mails the tapes to Woodward and Bernstein

I worked at Venture for several years in high school/college.

Sadly, I have.

Heads up, my fellow Illinoisans! Write to your state rep and ask then to support this bill!

Call it a purge, not a buyout. Call it a coup against Congress, not a spending pause. Call it censorship, not a review. Words matter, and we in the media have a chance to do better this time.

I knitted, watched Finding Your Roots on PBS and a show where Alan Cummings goes to pretty houses on BritBox, and went to bed early.

This one’s on my TBR list.

Both of my fifth grade classes picked Home in a Lunchbox as their #mockcaldecott pick. Looking forward to seeing if we’re right on Monday. I’m wondering if The Yellow Bus or My Daddy is a Cowboy are also contenders.

I hope so. That book is *chef’s kiss*.

I have been thinking many of these same things.

Crazy cool group of farm animals from all aspects of the spectrum in a short grass field in front of a leafless forest.

There's something needs to be said
And it's important
You don't need to be gay to stick up for your gay friends
You don't need to be trans to stick up for your trans friends
You don't need to be Jewish or muslim or Hindu or black or white
You only need to be good people
To stick up for your friends

The world is scary right now for so many reasons. I find myself doing whatever I can to calm my fears. I knit. I read. I bake. But I’m also not going to just give in and give up.

I haven’t seen any on the Wisconsin-Illinois border, but we SHOULD have them!

I say we flood the zone here on Monday with good shit. Songs we love. Clips of great films. Pictures of pets. Favorite stand up bits. GIFs of Richard Kind laughing. Anything at all but, you know, the thing. Spare yourself. The ironic, dark laughs ain't fucking worth it.

Did you look in Skokie? We found my daughter a reasonable studio not far from Old Orchard. She drives 15 minutes or so to her job here in Northbrook.

We watched it last week. Definitely worth it. So was the one about Last Christmas.

I made these, too, but I baked them all on Tuesday and warmed and iced yesterday. They were perfection!

Hey crocheters…my daughter asked for Tunisian crochet hooks for Christmas, and I have no idea which ones to buy. I’m a knitter, and I know nothing about crochet except how to make a chain stitch. #crochet

Countdown to Christmas Day 1. I’ve been collecting gnomes way longer than the current trend, so I was thrilled to be gifted this fun countdown box. #gnomes #christmasgnome #adventcalendar

Thanks for the app tip!

I know the alphabet. I actually learned that when I was in fourth grade and had an obsession with Helen Keller. I’ve always been a nerd.

I have decided that I want to learn some basic ASL signs in the new year. Yesterday at the grocery store, my cashier was deaf, and while I was able to sign “thank you”, it made me realize that a bit more effort on my part could go a long way.

I miss you both so much! Wish I were there to hug each of you!

Watched the Out of My Mind movie with my 5th graders today. It was everything I wanted it to be. #outofmymindmovie

That was one thing I was bummed to miss.

At #NCTE24 this week, this is the message I'll be sharing on repeat.