Happy Wednesday! September is almost on its way out. Can you believe it?
I’m so ready for October. I love spooky season, maple and pumpkin themed treats, cooler temps, and breaking out all the fluffy blankets.
I’m also getting tattoo #3 and attending a friend’s Halloween wedding. Pretty pumped!
How about you? Are you ready for October?
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This is from the L.A. Times so it may be behind a paywall, but I was able to read it before I hit my article limit. It’s about an obituary a brother wrote for his sister and yes, I did cry. You can see a tweet here for the gist of it.
Remarkable obituary in today’s paper. pic.twitter.com/UbgbxzwHg6
— Daniel Miller (@DanielNMiller) September 18, 2021
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Lil Nas X, the precious angel that he is, has created a “baby registry” for his latest album. The registry is a list of organizations inspired by each track on his album that you can donate to. The kids are all right.
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Look at these gorgeous special editions! I’m unsure where they can be purchased as I don’t think it said in the post.
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Every year, I think I’m going to be one of those people who gets into planners and journals. Inevitably, I buy cute washi tape and then realize my handwriting is terrible and my planner just looks awful and I forget where it is half the time. If you have a surplus of washi tape, like myself, this Twitter thread has some great ideas on how else you can use your stash!
https://twitter.com/thewashistation/status/1440019875783716873
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Yesterday was September 21st, which is one of my favorite days because it’s become a running joke for writer Demi Adejuyigbe to create a video celebrating the date from the Earth, Wind & Fire song. It’s brought me so much joy.
Normally, he asks people to give to a cause at the end of each video. This is his sixth and final year and he’s gone big! I had a little cry knowing it’s over, but I’m overjoyed that he’s raised over $600k (as of writing this last night) for some great organizations. I chipped in $20 myself.
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Don’t forget to share what cool or interesting 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!
I wrote the obituaries for both my mom and dads. Lots of starts and stops, wadded up paper, and tears, but also a very special way to honor them. You get to give a sense of who they were beyond the traditional recitation of life’s milestones and why they’ll be missed.
@DonnaMarie: same here. My mom died almost exactly two years to the day after my dad; they were married for 61 years. Writing their obituaries (my siblings contributed, but they asked me to pull everything together) was both very difficult (don’t attempt without a box of Kleenex close by!) and very helpful in coming to terms with loss & grief.
I cried when I read the obituary for the woman with cerebral palsy. I work with special needs students and many of them are non-verbal or have limited vocabularies, but they will give 100% of their abilities to connect with others.
I’m a total washi addict but I don’t use it much outside of my planners. But to see someone who does incredible things with it, check out @jericaplans on Instagram. She does amazing art with it.
https://mobile.twitter.com/lilnasx/status/1440409267454939136
Lil Nas X sings Jolene.
My friend got me some washi tape and I’ve been wondering what to do with it. I have study journals but I don’t decorate them the way it seems like people do these days. I’m totally stealing that charger/cable idea though!
The link that caught my eye this week is a cookie recipe from St. Hildegard: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/medieval-cookie-recipe
I definitely want to try it out.
I adore Lil Nas X and everything he’s doing with performance and identity and expectations of celebrity. @Gwen’s link to his performance of Jolene reminded me of this amazing essay by Dr Tressie McMillan Cottom and her search for ‘The Daughters of Dolly’ which led to a theory that Lil Nas X may the closest spiritual successor to Dolly’s drag.
https://tressie.substack.com/p/the-daughters-of-dolly-and-the-limits?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=copy
Thank you for helping to end my Wednesday with a smile. ♥️
Amanda,
Del Rey appears to be putting the Temerarie in a special printing. The first three novels will be available 10/19/21. I think they intend to reprint them three at a time and eventually the whole set will spell Temararie. It’s at Amazon right now.