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Writing teacher. Cat enthusiast. Here's what I love: * Twin Peaks (the show, not the breastaurant) * The X-Files * Vincent Price * Cake * Books *Vintage Baking
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Just finished Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke on Hulu. 1) Attractive blonde women can get away with nearly anything. 2) Shari Franke is a very impressive person. 3) I still don't think Kevin Franke completely gets it.

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I just finished North Woods by Daniel Mason after several recommendations. I liked it: I appreciated its ambition and expansiveness. There are "catamounts" (I love this term for mountain lion) and ghosts. Human deaths are fleeting events against a backdrop of ever-evolving nature. #booksky

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My Valentine's weekend read. Ghosts resonated with me a bit more, but I liked this one, too. I laughed out loud several times. Her work makes me very, very relieved I'm married and done with all this stuff. (But also, het ladies, don't get married unless you meet a very nice man). #booksky

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I just finished the audio version of Shari Franke's The House of My Mother. A lot of wisdom here, even from someone so young (but considering what she's been through, understandable). What I admire the most: her sensitivity and empathy for her two youngest siblings — understanding #booksky

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Joe Pera goes to the library. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqWY...

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I just finished the last Blanche White mystery, Blanche Passes Go. There won't be any more because the author, Barbara Neely, has gone to the ancestors. I loved these four books. The subgenre is amateur sleuth, but these books are complex little gems. Blanche is a domestic worker who solves crimes.

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Almost done with Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter and one thing is clear to me: I need to reduce my dependence on social media (we all do, but I'm not one to preach). I know, I know: I'm writing this on social media. #booksky

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I'm listening to the audio version of Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter. A lot of it is old news by now, but it does really track the beginnings of his descent into megalomania. It's scary how rapid his decline because we're not at the bottom yet and he has outsized power. #booksky

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My friend is doing a David Lynch radio tribute now until 7 pm CST. radiofreefargo.org/listen-now

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They took Joe Pera Talks with You off Max. I'm actually quite upset. Very tired of corporate types. Men in suits (sometimes women in suits) have way too much power.

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Yeah, I'm going to believe my own eyes and call it what it was: a bonafide Nazi salute.

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Another thing I’m loving about Parable of the Sower, especially as a teacher: Lauren’s willingness to learn from everyone she meets. People who think they have nothing to learn or that certain people have nothing to teach them are so frustrating. The arrogance. The willful blindness. #booksky

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I’m finally reading Parable of the Sower for … reasons that are obvious. I’m not even halfway through, but it’s every bit as good as they say, blah blah blah. But what I’m especially vibing on right now is that the people the narrator Lauren admires, she always describes as “sensible.” #Booksky

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"Force fosters resentment." www.inforum.com/opinion/colu...

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"Two cookies and a Coke. Phenomenal." www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUJT...

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So this is a pressing issue in North Dakota, apparently. www.inforum.com/news/north-d...

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Joe's back with more musings, just when I need him the most. This one is about wind, which is also a topic I like to think about a lot. I love the work of David Lynch and live in the very flat Fargo, North Dakota. Joe describes wind on the prairie as "America's wind chime: wheat on wheat."

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Whew. I love Japanese Breakfast and I was worried I wouldn't like it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9rc...

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I was just booking a hotel room in the UK and there was an option to choose your title, such as "Mx" or even "Lord" or "Lady." I have a doctorate, so I asked my husband, "Would it be pretentious to pick Dr?" He huffed, "You did more to earn that than just be born, like if you were a 'Lady.'"

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Altho I loathed it at the time, I've come to appreciate going to a pretty-good-at-basics rural high school w/ no AP/IB/Honors/Advanced Electives etc. It's all part of my rural eccentric theory, where city kids may be more worldly, but a rural weirdo is going to have so much more time to specialize

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It’s nice to wake up to a cat’s paw touching your eyeball.

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Word I never spell correctly on the first attempt: curriculum.

submitted 54 days ago • 1 comment

I'm listening to Kathleen Hanna's memoir, Rebel Girl. Wow, does she hate her dad. Wow, does he ever deserve it.

submitted 57 days ago • 1 comment

Just tired of billionaire, pseudo-intellectual tech bros. Don't want to give them any more time or attention if I can possibly help it.

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