10 Things: Mothers, Daughters, Crosswords, Cubes
All my recommendations for what to read, watch, listen to, try, cook, bake, buy, and create this week.
Happy Tuesday, Friends!
A fun roundup for you this week, with comics, songs, and TWO recipes — plus something to try for the creatives out there who are feeling a little stuck. First three are free! There are seven more below the line!
READ:Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories by Megan Kelso
This collection of five stories (told in comics) positively wrecked me. It is an adult collection, particularly resonant for mothers and / or daughters; it’s about loss, growing up, and putting together the pieces of things that have broken. Megan Kelso’s art is different in each work, and as a collection, it really sings. Another 5 stars on goodreads from me!
I needed to do some spreadsheet work recently and wanted to watch TV. However, I do this so rarely anymore that I had no idea what I was supposed to put on. Netflix said, “Sophie, you’re going to love this docu-series about behavior modification facilities in the United States.” The filmmaker is a survivor of one of the facilities, and at times, she feels close to the story in a way that documentarians “aren’t supposed” to be; but overall, it’s an amazing and heartbreaking project. There is definitely documented child abuse in this, which is a content warning I should have paid greater attention to when I started it. Nevertheless, I really liked it. (And also, did I tell you how much I liked the “Twin Flames” one? If I didn’t: that one is really great, too.)
PLAY: Big screen crossword parties
Our friends Rachel and Eric invited us over to do the crossword on their TV screen on Saturday! “I don’t think we could possibly do a Saturday,” I said, while Eric made us fancy coffee drinks with his foamy espresso machine. (A+.) But guess what? WE COULD all do a Saturday, because four minds are better than one! Our toddler-sized children didn’t really want us to be doing a crossword, but the children were ultimately fine. We left the house like, “THIS WAS A GREAT PARTY.” It was 11 a.m. Would recommend for anyone’s Saturday morning.
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