There's been a lot of snow in Kentucky - I haven't lost power, but the internet was pretty slow for most of the week. I had to run errands twice this week, to stock up on groceries and to return something, and even when taking the bus there is a lot of trudging through snow/avoiding ice to contend with. Pittsburgh was also awful about clearing snow - Pittsburgh in general is an accessibility nightmare, though they'd love for you to think otherwise - and the only places I've lived where there were snowy winters and sidewalks were cleared regularly were New York City and Albany. Every now and then there's a parent taking their kid sledding, and it makes me think of sledding down the dell at Sweet Briar with a borrowed Prothro tray (no other sled will do). The world has been more Dire than usual and I am coping by making a zine (and glancing up from writing this to look out my window at two kids in snowsuits wobbling through the snow - I think their parent has on white earmuffs over an orangey scarf but I am choosing to believe that it is a mushroom hat). I don't have any recommendation for how to feel less dire about the state of things. I wish I knew, honestly. But here's what I've been getting into: ♡ One of my friends on Twitch recently streamed this beautiful game, GRIS. I couldn't watch it all when she was streaming it, but I got up the next day and watched the video. Gorgeous graphics, just a delight. ♡ I made paper yesterday for the first time since 2014. I think the first one is not great, but I found my notebook from Etching class and luckily I had the process written down: Reading:
♡ Women of Sufism: A Hidden Treasure, by Camille Helminski ♡ "The Role of the Kabbalah in the Afro-American Religious Complex", by James Houk (from Caribbean Quarterly, Sept-Dec 1993) (I saw a reference to a "Kabbalah banquet" in a different article and searching that phrase brought up this article) ♡ Twitter (which makes me lose my mind), and ♡ Iran: A Beginner's Guide, by Homa Katouzian Maybe next week will be...better? Idk. Seems sus.
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