I feel like I was talking about making collages recently and a reader asked to see one. Here’s the only one I have a photo of. I was trying to make something that spoke to the book I’m writing (and self-publishing soon). Collage is one of my favorite mediums in part because it’s nostalgic for me since I made them all the time in middle school and high school. All you need are old magazines, scissors, glue and spare time. Try it! Thrift some magazines and join my club. 🙂
Here are 10 (other) things I’ve been loving lately.
1. I’ve mentioned this on our podcast but I don’t think I’ve mentioned it here yet. We are rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generation as our evening TV show (unless we have a movie we want to see, but most nights we just put this on). My dad watched it while I was growing up, so there’s a lot of nostalgia for me in the show. But as a former philosophy major, I also just really like it in a nerdy, nerdy way. My favorite episode so far is Season 2, Ep. 9, “The Measure of a Man,” in which they have a trial to decide if Data can choose his own destiny, or is he human enough to have rights.
2. I recently bought myself a LED nail lamp for home manicures and I’m INTO it. Helps your polish cure so much faster, which is great because I apparently cannot stop using my hands for any amount of time and I always end up with smudges.
3. Bought this cookbook for a kids baking day I’m hosting soon. It’s hilarious! So perfect for Halloween baking with kids.
4. We’ve gotten so many good book recommendations from our podcast email box lately. One day, I spent over $100 on Thriftbooks just buying things our listeners recommended because they all sounded so good! Here’s some of the list: Geek Love, Full Dark House, The Enchanted April, The Golden Spoon, Small Town Big Magic, and The Dead Romantics.
5. Bought this shirt in two colors—love it! Simple and shows off necklaces well.
6. Elsie has a pair of these overalls and I immediately was like, “Send me the link.” And when she did I bought them in three colors. I love overalls.
7. Our grandma has moved into the pink house! Excited to take Oscar over there tons this coming season!
8. Thinking about making a mini Halloween wreath for our little free library outside my home. She needs a few decorations too, right?
9. I had two ripe bananas the other day, so I used this one banana banana bread recipe (double it) to make a dozen muffins.
10. Did you see that Jacki started a website?! Love it so much!
P.S. Here are some recent posts in case you missed them.
- I’m very proud of these Unicorn Cookies. Totally impressed my niece with them, which is what I live for.
- I’ve made SO many mochas lately. But I’m ready for Pumpkin Spice Latte season!
- Are you obsessed with the original Jurassic Park? No, just us. OK.
Oh my gosh if you love philosophy & Star Trek you should read Rainn Wilson’s newest book Soul Boom! I admittedly did not get far into it because I’m not a Star Trek person (I didn’t realize how much it’d be talked about) and philosophical topics go over my head. But being a former Philosophy major & Stark Trek fan it sounds like something you might enjoy!
Geek Love is amazing!!! So glad you’re doing to read it! Also, very pleased to hear you like Star Trek! The explorations in philosophy are one of my favourite things about TNG. <3
More book recs please! Also Emma if you’re comfortable talking about your writing and publishing process, I’d love to know how you scheduled time with a baby to write, did you plan and outline your novel and how, and how you made the decision to self publish. 🙂
I used to LOVE making collages! Wow, did I spend so many hours – scratch that, DAYS – pouring all my creative energy and ideas into making pages that looked so incredibly similar to the one you have pictured in this post; gosh that brings me back. I’d really love to get back into scrapbooking, or at least making a visual diary again. They’re such great ways to get your creative juices flowing with zero pressure! ☺️
I have always thought The Next Generation was so much better than the other series because they did sometimes get into philosophical ideas. My favorite is called The Host. I’m not sure what season it is, it’s but worth looking for. So, Dr Crusher falls in love with this guy, but then realizes that the person she sees and thinks she loves is just a host body for another organism. She has a wonderful monologue asking, what is it really that we love when we love someone? I know it almost by heart, but I still love it.
I love that episode. The Trills are a fascinating species and culture. The writer’s continuity though with Trill “lore” is frustrating from series to series and sometimes plot line to plot line. TNG is my favourite Star Trek series (I’m even making beaded earrings of the Enterprise and com badge, haha).
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