tyysm i luv her smsm
y’all ever just not do something you want to do for months at a time and then go “wow why didn’t I do that”. yea.
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Congratulations on the academic paper submission! I know how challenging it can be, and if the peer review wants revisions, please don’t take it to heart. You clearly have what it takes to publish well. When it does get published, please send it over–I’d love to read it, even in preprint.
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The Weekly Wrap Up is posted! Links this week include defiant nuns, beach glass of an unusual size and vintage cocktail recipes. I talk a little bit about my upcoming weekend kitty visitor. Plus, as usual, I listened to, read and watched things.
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If you like the way C. J. Cherryh writes, but find her Alliance-Union setting a bit much, maybe take a break from her and then try her Foreigner saga instead? I should probably write a proper post about that saga. I could call it, “Bren Cameron Has Seen Some Shit”. It all about solving problems by actually talking to people. It’s also got a badass grandma, tea parties galore, and adventures in babysitting.
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Congratulations. 
During my senior year, one of my art professors encouraged me to write a commentary for an art education journal.
I occasionally get promotional emails for academic conferences, addressing me as Dr. Lastname. (I only have a bachelor’s degree.)
More rarely, I get emails from students who read the article and assume I’m some kind of authority on neurodiversity in the art classroom. (Far from it.)
Sometimes they ask for a PDF of the article. Alas, the flash drive containing the digital PDF is now damaged, and the printed journal issue is somewhere in my old bedroom.
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two blog posts, though more personal thought yappings (plus i began a bear blog if only to have permanent links to my longer blog posts to not get lost)
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The IgNobel Prizes were announced the other day! and in honor of them I followed the recipe prescribed by the IgNobel Physics Prize winner on how to prepare the perfect Cacio e Pepe emulsion in a home kitchen.
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I find myself only interested in writing when I’m angry, frustrated or disappointed in myself and I’m wondering if I should just lean into it, even though I don’t really want to. 
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Sometimes, pieces of a story don’t fit the first time you read them. But then, at the next encounter, they suddenly do.
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only writing when negative is a personal concern of mine as well. i sat down with myself and thought about how many bad memories i had written down versus good ones. what kind of story i might accidentally be telling myself with that
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That’s really cool, I loved the accessibility of those journals. I wonder if I read your article in art ed research days - the world is tiny.
I really ought to ignore spammers and con artists, but sometimes I can’t resist playing with them.
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confirmation I really do have a bit of a problem. halp. 
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Thanks for the recommendation! I’ve read a lot of Cherryh over the years, but somehow have never read any of the multitudinous Foreigner books. I will get back to the Company Wars saga - sometimes I just get bogged down with a series and need a literary palate cleanser.
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Morgaine was my introduction to C. J. Cherryh: an atomic blonde outside context problem. Her story also ties loosely to the Alliance-Union setting; the mission she was part of was approved by the Union Science Bureau.
I am pretty willing to bet my firstborn (and I quite like him so that’s a pretty sure bet) that my first Cherryh books were also the Morgaine cycle! I read the first 3 probably around 1983. I remember practically nothing about them, though, so they are definitely due for a re-read. The Chanur books are my absolute, hands down favorites and some of the very few books that I re-read.
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It was 1998 for me. The girl I was dating insisted I read them. Even then I knew better than to make a woman insist twice.
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Oh god, I immediately cringed at “Donalee’s” opening sentence! “It isn’t just X, it’s Y.” That entire email was clearly written with ChatGPT or some other LLM – which is always a sure sign of a scam. These a-holes are really getting brazen.
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