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JTHAR Day 1: Meeting God
I am officially on sabbatical AND I somehow forgot to announce here on the blog that, as part of my sabbatical, I was chosen to be a Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Fellow! So I am...
That Time I Met Dulé Hill & Jazmyn Simon #SOL23
One day, I was casually scrolling through Instagram--as one does--when I saw this post from Dulé Hill announcing that he would be at one of the local bookstores along with his...
IMWAYR: Let’s Play Catch Up!
Huh. Apparently all I did in my last It's Monday! What are you reading? post is complain about the weather. Well, that certainly won't do. Here's a roundup of some of what's been...
Movie Review Wednesday: Belated Juneteeth Repeat Edition
Belated because I planned to post these, you know, around Juneteeth. Juneteeth because one is set on Juneteeth and the other two feature Black main characters. Repeat because I...
Movie Review Wednesday: Did someone say Judy Blume?
Because the movie gods love me, I had the opportunity to watch not one, but two Judy Blume films in the same week way back at the end of April/beginning of May: Are You There,...
It’s Monday and I’m over the June Gloom #IMWAYR
I keep trying to think of a pithy way to start this post, and I cannot so rather than succumb to the writer's block, I'm going to just move on. My week was busy but not really...
It’s Monday and I’m exhausted
The end of semester fatigue is real, and I am not sure when it's going to end. Like, it has just been a lot and all I want to do is sleep. I was thinking something was wrong with...
It’s the end of the month as we know it so here are some book reviews
Okay, technically, I am writing this post on April 30, but it will post on May 1, so you know what that means. Too much has happened since my last post to do any of it justice,...
It’s Monday and the only zombie I like is Jesus
And maybe Lazarus? Or that little girl who was "sleeping"? Happy day after Easter is my point. As well as Chag Sameach for Passover, which. I went to my first Seder on Friday. It...