• My older brother’s birthday is on Monday, and I sent him this shirt, since he has so many barn cats… and the occasional opossum. (Kids crack me up – I showed a picture of the shirt to Declan and he said “That’s not a cat!!!” as if the designer made some sort of mistake. Ha ha ha.) (Also, I sent my brother a more serious gift too!)

  • I’ve run past this structure on the Lakefront Trail many times and thought it was an odd shelter or something. Now I see it’s an art installation most appreciated when there’s snow on the ground!

  • I finished Falling into Place on Monday and started The Fifth Season on Tuesday. It’s a science fantasy series (it’s book one of three) that my friend Amy recommended. From Wikipedia: “The Fifth Season takes place on a planet with a single supercontinent called the Stillness. Every few centuries, its inhabitants endure what they call a “Fifth Season” of catastrophic climate change.” Society is very structured with “comms” (communities) and “use-castes” (instead of having a last name, your second name is your use/job. Your third name is your comm.). There’s people called “orogenes” with the ability to manipulate energy and cause (and prevent) earthquakes. The book begins with one orogene being super pissed and fracturing the entire continent from east to west. The book then follows the stories of three female orogenes from different time periods. The book has enough made-up words to warrant an index, but I’m doing a decent job of following along, and am enjoying reading it (very slowly)!

  • This week’s been weird and I’m grateful tomorrow is Friday!

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