My son turned 20 recently. Today we’re attending a shower to celebrate with friends who are having their first child. We are at very different stages of the journey. I’ve always felt a little out of step with my peer groups. For years I’ve been trying to accept that without judgment. It feels awfully lonely at times. But I do enjoy the freedom that comes with having an adult child, and with being single and not having to compromise. I do what I want when I want.
Five items of interest:
- Bikini Kill announce 2020 reunion tour dates - The riot girrrls return to the road next spring. They’re skipping over Minneapolis but I snagged a ticket for the Milwaukee show. It’s the Sunday night of Memorial Day weekend so I won’t have to take any time off from work. I figure I’ll turn it into road trip fun with the kiddo. And check out some vegan-friendly restaurants in the Cream City while visiting with MKE based friends.
- The Thanksgiving Tale We Tell Is a Harmful Lie. As a Native American, I’ve Found a Better Way to Celebrate the Holiday
- Very excited about this: Salvador DalÒs Surreal Tarot Card Designs from the 1970s to be Released as a Complete Deck. Sidebar, thanks to Salvador Dalà I went to Italy last year to marvel at the Monster Park. And the year before that I enjoyed wandering around a gorgeous Dalà exhibit in Berlin. I am a fan.
- Parkway Pizza is offering an Emerging Artist Grant - open to emerging visual artists in the state of Minnesota - to DESIGN A PIZZA. That’s pretty cool. Spread the word!
- This was unexpected and lovely. Phoebe Waller-Bridge slays the ukulele to help Olivia Colman cover Portishead for charity
A few years ago I started reading Tana French’s gripping Dublin Murder Squad books. Murder mysteries are not my usual genre. I generally go big on speculative fiction, sci-fi, urban fantasy, etc. But she’s a fantastic writer. I have my reservations about this adaptation though. And it seems I’m not the only one:
Dublin Murders Makes a Murky Mess of Tana French’s Lyrical Crime Novels
Combining In the Woods and The Likeness breaks both books’ delicate spell.
Though I’ll likely give in at some point over the coming winter. We’ll see. I’ve already got the new Watchmen and His Dark Materials series to keep up with, along with Stumptown. And I haven’t gone back to Preacher or Legion for their latest seasons. I’ve had too much non-fiction living to do.
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