Someone asked if there was a copy of what I said at my mother’s wake. Unfortunately, our recording failed us, but here’s a draft of the text I wrote in advance. I ended up talking it, rather than reading it, so what I actually said will differ a bit from this. But the essence is
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I’ve been thinking about how to improve my book club (which Amanda Chablani has kindly just agreed to co-host, yay!). I came up with two things: a) we add an online FB group, so people who don’t live locally can still join in on our book-of-the-month discussion, and also discuss whatever other books they want
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Two of my favorite people, at WorldCon without me, alas. I hear Alix E. Harrow’s _The Everlasting_ won the Hugo, which was my pick for Best Novel, so that’s satisfying, at least. Strongly recommended! Would’ve been nice to be in the awards crowd to cheer for it. We’ll be reading it for the next Serendib
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I haven’t had a chance to edit my photos from my mother’s wake and funeral, but one of our relatives sent some along, so I’m sharing some of those. I’m particularly glad he captured a little of Haran’s lovely song and guitar; it was one of the most comforting moments of the wake. Kevin and
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If you were one of the people sad that I didn’t have any post earrings, look! I made some today, just for you. Serendib House301 Harrison Street, Oak ParkWed / Thurs / Fri 1-7Sat 9-5, Sun 10-4
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New in store — cyanotype jewelry. Each one featuring an original cyanotype print. Little bits of botanical dreaming. They’ll be up on the website within a week or two as well. Serendib House Studio301 Harrison, Oak ParkWed / Thurs / Fri 1-7Sat 9-5, Sun 10-4
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I am the tiniest bit mopey to be missing WorldCon, but oh, I just could not have done it and enjoyed it this weekend. I am so very tired. This is much more my current speed — board game night on Friday where I was introduced to Ticket to Ride: New York (faster version of
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Put my hair up in a claw clip because a) it’s long enough now, b) I was tired and couldn’t be bothered doing anything that required more effort, and c) in honor of the funny sequence in this season’s Ted Lasso re: the invention of the claw clip. . (No spoilers, please.)
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Spent some quiet time this afternoon making honeycomb jewelry; my stock in store was getting low. I’ll have these available in store and online by next weekend, I think; need to finish them up, then create and print labels. Tried something new with the white and gold swirl; a little tricky to do a swirl
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A nice photo of my parents, all dressed up. My cousin Dylan posted a lovely tribute to my mother on his wall, in Tamil. For those of us (like me) who don’t read Tamil, he kindly sent a translation: “Cintha Aunty was my father’s eldest sister—a truly remarkable aunt. She moved from Negombo to the
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