Contest(s)
- Becky Black is giving away a selection of her books. Closes 6 pm GMT, May 14.
Bookity
- New releases: Fiction Vixen (romance) and Dear Author (romance)
- Book and publishing news from Dear Author.
- 40 A words. And 13 punctuation marks.
- Amazing sort of urban mythology story – highly recommended!
- “Queer subtext in The Little Mermaid“.
- Minimalist posters of famous libraries.
- Minneapolis is having a Little Free Library Festival next weekend.
- Summer reading road trip. (via neighborhoodr-minneapolis)
- Academic reading LOL.
- “If literary characters wrote fanfiction“.
Do, Learn, Make, Think
- Planks are hard work. (Definitely go read the linked article.)
- Patagonia timelapse.
- “…Composite photos retell the horror of the London Blitz“.
- Binary and hex basics.
- Minnesota had the first indoor shopping mall in the US…
Cookity
- 24 Mediterranean recipes.
- Greek scramble.
- Quick green curry braised salmon.
- Key lime smoothie bowls.
- Black tea and orange juice ice pops.
- Sweet and savory lime granita.
- Fish sauce vinaigrette.
- Chai tea and honey butter.
- Chocolate cobbler. (via The Kitchn)
Gluten Free
Artsy Crafty
Cool
- A tribute to David Bowie that benefits Feline Rescue.
- “Prehistoric octopus painted with its own 95-million year old ink“.
- Retro national parks posters.
- The Lake Harriet elf house.
- Flask-shaped water bottle. Flat water bottles make so much sense!
- A short film about a pair of scissors.
- A silent film about hand-drawn cartoons.
- A short film about a spaceship.
- Linkity from kmkat.
Cool or Wha…?
- Playing card notebooks.
- Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup with Reese’s Pieces in it. Is that meta?
- Facehugger facewarmer.
- GlowBowl.
Wha…?
- “There’s a Burger King in Helsinki that’s also a spa“.
- The Walking Dead coloring book is now available.
- You can turn your Instagram photos into swimming trunks.
LOL
- Super 8 held a gallery show for its wall art.
- Message in a bottle. (Hover cursor/long-press for additional text.)
- This… would explain a lot, actually.
- “Life hacks from cats“.
- Kitten chasing a ping pong ball.
Teh Cute
Reading Update
Amplified Art: Dynamic Techniques for High-Impact Pages by Kass Hall. I liked this one more than I expected to – it had some ideas and techniques that weren’t just variations on most of the other art journaling books. Not feeling inspired to go buy it, but I did take a lot of notes as I read.
An Illustrated Journey: Inspiration from the Private Art Journals of Traveling Artists, Illustrators and Designers by Danny Gregory. I enjoyed peeking into all the different ways people use art journals to document their travels, especially as I saw common themes emerge. And I’m a sucker for reading about the different supplies artists use, especially when they’re away from home.
He’s going to be asleep in 3…2…1…
I laughed out loud at message in a bottle. And the Wilson Library game had me thinking about summer reading games in our town library. Maybe I’ll join.
A recent post from marylou..Second of May, Shoelace Day.
Chris- You’ll be glad to know the indoor mall is alive and well and living in Canada. Something to do with the cold climate.
…0, and Chao’s is out for the count.
Have a great weekend.
A recent post from lorraine..Ten On Tuesday- 10 Favorite Things Your Mother Made
Ha! So many good things this week.
The cat life hacks are excellent. Octopus is way cool. And yes, the last season of America does make a lot of sense.
A recent post from Cheryl S…Triple-stranded yarn trick
That 1919 film about animation was great.
And I bet that plenty of bloggers and vloggers find anonymuncles in their comments!
an anonymuncle, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is “a petty anonymous writer.â€
Dang, you beat me to linking to that urban mythology thread. I loved it.
A recent post from kmkat..Squares go marching on.
Caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaats!
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