Merry Christmas!
Happy Hanukkah!
Happy holidays!
I tried to make this collection of links mostly feel-good, cute stuff if you need it today. We hope you’re able to spend your day doing something special for yourself.
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Though this is a list of “Christmas cocktails,” I think many of these would be good for any season!
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A Brooklyn cat cafe has a kitten cam! The kitties are rambunctious and so adorable. There’s a lovely bio of the two adult cats and their three kitten orphan charges.
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If you’ve seen a bird referred to as a “birb” and are curious about the term, Audubon has a great birb 101 with pictures.
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Both Sarah and I got the warm and fuzzies reading about the crafting community that came together to finish a woman’s quilting project.
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Have you heard about the hot new boy band sensation Boyz II Menorah?
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Don’t forget to share what super cool things you’ve seen, read, or listened to this week! And if you have anything you think we’d like to post on a future Wednesday Links, send it my way!
Cat cams are very therapeutic. There are a number of 24/7 cat cams, but my personal favorite is TinyKittens, a feral cat rescue near Vancouver, BC. They’ve been live-streaming since 2013 (I believe). There are currently 2 cams, including the following:
https://youtu.be/hvW_lQ5eopI
On a sadder note, I just read about Johanna Lindsey’s passing:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/johanna-lindsey-master-of-historical-romance-novels-dies-at-67/2019/12/23/bd5e7cca-2590-11ea-ad73-2fd294520e97_story.html
(Sorry if the WaPo link is behind a paywall.)
Another WaPo link is about trends in the past decade that changed the way we read:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/11-trends-that-changed-the-way-we-read-this-decade/2019/12/24/fb251fb6-21bf-11ea-86f3-3b5019d451db_story.html
Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays, everyone!
Oops. Sorry. I just posted a comment with too many links. Hope an SB mod will fish it out of limbo for me.
@Susan: Got you!
Thank you for the much needed dose of cuteness. birbs!
Bunnyfood.tumblr.com for more cute / funny animals (mostly cats despite the name)
Exhibit A:
https://bunnyfood.tumblr.com/post/189798997893/thenatsdorf-gotcha-via-skoty
Johanna Lindsey- blessed be. Warrior’s Woman (the sci-fi book) is my favorite very guilty pleasure
I love the parody of boy band videos. “A Week and a Day” about Hanukkah Girl and their love for her and their presents to her. And, that the song is from their supposed album Mazel Tov!: the Best of Boyz II Menorrah. So funny!
I almost died laughing watching that Boyz II Menorah video!! Thanks for sharing it again (initially came across it on Twitter)
the quilt story is wonderful
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