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| Dried autumn flowers spotted on a hike through a farm. |
It's coming to the end of the year! How are your journals and planners coming along? Are you ready to start the new year? Too soon? I'm getting my new planner as a gift for Christmas, so although it hasn't been physically set up yet, I AM READY. I even printed out planner spreads to pre-plan layouts for when I do actually get my hands on it.
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| Here's a sketch I did on the underside of a mushroom that I learned about and got from a lovely lady during a mushroom walk! It's called an Artist's Conk/Conch. |
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| And a close up of the pores through the loupe! Nature is super cool. |
We had an extra-long weekend over Thanksgiving with beloved visitors. And we're already preparing for the next round in 2 weeks! The most I've managed in terms of creative pursuits is using my planner and writing some Morning Pages. But I want to do more! How can we find the time and energy to make something through all the busyness? Gotta work out how to carve out the time.
What I used the past two weeks
17 Pages of "Morning Pages"
The holiday season is fun and festive, but it's also a lot of work and I keep getting distracted. Such as with making delicious treats like Glossy Fudge Brownies from Bravetart's book and then eating them, of course. Best brownies I've ever made. It turned out well even with ingredient substitutions. Unfortunately, I discovered that no white sugar = no glossy crust.
Inspiration Gathering
Reading:
In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan (Fin) - Nutrition research is a tough nut to crack. There's so much money in it and the sheer amount of conflict-of -interest is crazy. His food rules are a bit too simplified, but I see where he's coming from. It needs to be easy to remember to be applicable. We just don't know enough about nutrition, even today, let alone when the book was written, to really know what's best for us. His opening note of "eat food, not too much, mostly plants" is likely as good as it can get, for now. Still, I'll keep reading books about food, since it's such a large part of our daily lives and literally goes into our bodies.
Julie and Julia by Julie Powell - Randomly picked up at the library. I remembered there was a movie based on this book, that I've never watched. 18 pages in, not sure how I feel about it so far.
Watching:
Loki (Season 2 - Fin) - Wait, does any of this tie into the regular MCU?
Jet Lag: The Game (Season 6 - Fin, Started Season 7) - I love this YouTube series! It looks both exhausting and fun!
Our Flag Means Death (Season 1) - 2 episodes in!
Playing:
Yakuza 0 (Ongoing) - I grew up seeing the Yakuza series in stores, but never knew that it was like watching a Yakuza soap opera, with the silliest side quests.
Wins this week:
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| Spotted a duck couple during our post-picnic walk. The mist rising off the water was... mystifying (aha!) and eerily beautiful. |
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