Sprung
You might feel I’ve sprung this newsletter on you because I started adding people to my newsletter list who I hoped might be interested. Such presumption.
Monday
I had not even realized the rhyme until after I posted it.
Tuesday
I knew only a little about Andrew Carnegie setting up libraries all over, including in Vancouver. This was an intriguing story from the point of view of a fictional maid to Carnegie’s mother who captures his eye and his heart. I enjoyed the audiobook read by a voice actress in an Irish accent. The author Marie Benedict also did The Other Einstein from a female point of view, but perhaps because I had certain expectations about Einstein, I didn’t like it as much.
Wednesday
I spend most of my time in sweat pants at home, but it was fun to watch what these diverse designers, with some surprising backgrounds, came up with. Adding a time crunch can make any activity more exciting and stressful.
Thursday
You may already know the original quote by science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” I find that I tend to take good things for granted. When a thing works sometimes, then I start resorting to magical thinking.
Friday
Author Terry Watada has long been an advocate for raising awareness about Japanese Canadian history and culture. The title is a play on the names of three characters. One of them, Etsuji Morii, was apparently a gangster, but my Mom knew him as a little girl and thought he was a nice guy.
Saturday
I enjoyed the books by Philip Pullman and they evidently took a lot of care in creating this series for HBO. I think it might be better to wait until a series is completed, so that I don’t forget what happened between seasons.
Sunday
I started by just playing around with different brushes in the Procreate app on my ipad and it got me thinking of the blooms I had seen on my dog walk after the frost on the garage roof. Has spring come where you are?