What i’m digging

musings on music, film, books, art, and pretty things.

2025

January 2025

Viewing:

Conclave. Delicious writing and the same level of ensemble performances.
Avengers: Endgame, spread out over multiple evenings. Aaah, the agony and suspense!

Reading:

A Confederacy of Dunces. Still working my through and loving.

A Court of Thorns and Roses. Yep, had to try it. Definitely stronger writing than I was expecting.

Becca absorbed in Upworthy collection and The Last Thing He Wrote. I pounce on the latter when she’s not around, perpetually a few chapters behind.

Nightbitch. Whew. Nothing quite like it. Am I more understanding and respectful of what it means to be a mom?

Listening:

Beethoven on vinyl, Herb Alpert - yeah, the one with that cover :), kids singing Eminem

Selected Readings with kids:

The Phantom Tollbooth (with me), The Carnivorous Carnival (with Becca)

Away With Words! Wise and Witty Poems for Language Lovers by Mary Ann Hoberman, art by Perry Hoberman (2022)
Bear Wants to Sing - Written by Cray Fagan, illustrated by Dena Seiferling (2021)
Earl the Squirrel by Don Freeman (2005)
Elsie’s Bird - Jane Yolen & David Small (2010)
I Am the Storm - Jane Yolen and Heidi E.Y. Stemple, Art by Kristen and Kevin Howdeshell (2020)
Twelve Days of Winter - Sherri Maret, illustrated by Thomas Hilley (2022)
What You Need To Be Warm: A Poem of Welcome - Neil Gaiman (2023)
When I Wake Up - Seth Fishman, illustrated by Jessica Bagley (2021)