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Happy Fall Equinox!!  Enjoy the links! 

2020 Fall Equinox facts  

8 Spooky Facts About Spirit Halloween

Face Masks for Halloween.  
Hershey's trick or treat interactive mapGhost towns in america map 

Adaptive Halloween Costumes for the win! Mostly children & for wheelchair users. 

 Links for those stuck inside. I'm not sick or quarantined as of yet. My work is transitioning to our employees working from home & then us working from home. My hope is it will be done by the end of the week. :) 

Resources for Mending Clothes 


What to Watch, Listen to and Cook During Your Coronavirus Self-Quarantine NYT 

Pretty things to knit, if you knit. 

New!
Stay at home music fest

Check your local library too! Mine has lots of ebooks, audio books & other resources available online!  Its how I read the nyt. :) 

Any of y'all have any suggestions for things to do, watch or read while stuck inside? 

 Enjoy the links about art & libraries.


Edible art- peanut compass

Jurassic Pride ! cute queer Dino art!

Azerbaijani painter writes Quran on transparent silk pages


Library Is Lending Help to the Homeless

Local Library Creates Parts for International Space Station Project   I went to high school with her! Nora was one of my nerdy friends, one who actually became a librarian!  

 
I wanted to share some links & a small update.  My sober work week challenge went well. I noticed quite a difference and I enjoyed myself responsibly at home tonight!

Botanical Steak Knives (pretty)


The Largest Crime of all time (You're prob a victim of it too)

With You, Whatever Happens by Lauren Fairweather  I have loved this album since it came out and it + the weather made walking the dog amazing today! It was windy and warm and lovely. :) 

 

DW for tumblrites masterpost

I'm still a dw newb myself & wanted to share.  <3

 
Between the Synagoge Shooting & work stress, this week has been hard.  Here are some links I wanted to share that helped me smile. I hope one of them makes you smile too. :)  





The Elphabas and Glindas of WICKED The Musical come together for a special rendition of "For Good".


The Little Girl Obsessed With Michelle Obama's Portrait Dressed As Her For Halloween  


Pennywise’s knitting tricks are our treats. Happy Halloween! (Clown Warning)


Muslim + Jewish Solidarity 

 Happy Memorial Day for any of my fellow Americans!  Enjoy some links. 

• Super Quick Pizza Dough.   I made this for dinner, and we had pizza with ham, onion & bell pepper. It was good!
• Stranded on the Island of the Blue Dolphins: The True Story of Juana Maria
•  Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” it comes out on May 8, 2018. The Last Slave Ship Survivor Gave an Interview in the 1930s. It Just Surfaced
• Find Summer Meals in Your Community: For kids who eat free lunch at school. 
• Funny Synagogue Signs
• Why aren't their ‘Jewish hero fights the Fair Folk’ stories? 

I'm getting over yet anther cold, so I am a bit low on energy at the moment. Have some links!

Free stuff

How to Access Lynda’s Learning Database for Free. Hint: it involves your local library.

Podcast episode featuring the new hosts of Mythbusters!   The upgrade podcast by lifehacker. I am excited to hear from the new Mythbusters. I have loved Mythbusters for years and I am excited to see what the new hosts do.

Movies

The game Papers, Please now has a short film. I watched this game played as a lets play on YouTube and it was really interesting. This probably will be as well. Note: I am waiting to watch this with J.

AMC Theaters is offering a way for kids to see  A Wrinkle In Time.  Another movie with lots of People of Color including the Main character, Meg. I loved this book and I am super excited for this movie. A Wrinkle in Time comes out in theaters in the US March 9th.


Happy Purim!

The role-switching, drunken traditions of Purim.  This article talks about traditions of Purim, specifically in the Dutch colonies throughout the Caribbean around 1825.

If you are not familiar with Purim, here is some basic information in it. This page is about Reform Judiasm, btw.  Purim is a Jewish holiday where you celebrate the story of Queen Ester, who saves all the Jews from destruction by Haman. 

Enjoy this Purim Parody of Gaston.  Sadly it is not set to music, but it is still funny.

I thought I would share some more links to what I am browsing. I hope everyone had a good holiday season, and a Happy New Year! Instead of a New Years Resolution I am setting a theme for the year ahead. My theme for 2018 is Get Organized! This includes my house, my budget/money, & my mental & physical health. Do you do resolutions or themes for the new year? What are they ,if you do? 

Money/Shopping Links 

1. 13 Tips for Holiday Clearance Sales  This is US centric in the stores they feature, sorry non US peeps.
2. Best low effort ways to save money in 2018    Low Spoon ways to budget & save. Lots of apps in this, including one I am already using.
3. 28 Walmart tips from a store Manager.   Employees know all the best tips! Spoonies take note, Walmart (depending on the store) offers online ordering & free pickup! Order groceries online, drive to store, get & pay for groceries without ever leaving your car!
4. 16 Panara Tips from former Employee  Employees know the tips, y'all.

News Links

1. Top Youtube videos of 2017 by country 
2. In 18 states lawmakers are forcing up the minimum wage on Jan. 1.   Yay! Too bad Tx isn't one of them.
3. Refugee focused Sesame Street local programing
4. 9 Global Stories from 2017 that you may have missed    I missed all of them.

Books & Libraries

1. LA Library letting kids pay of fines by reading more.    What a neat idea to get kids to keep reading & using the library! 
2. People who read Harry Potter as kids are more accepting people.    Good to see a study backing up what years of fandom have shown me.
3. Interview of the Oral History of Reading Rainbow.   Wow, what a read. Long but very interesting.

 If you missed the  Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and want to watch the Broadway performances, Vox has them all here. 
 
The SpongeBob costumes are great, and the song is better then I expected. I really want to see the set and full costumes for this one. Anastasia broke my heart, as is usual for that movie. 

Happy Thanksgiving!