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  • Gods and Beasts

    29 May 2018

    This book was what I like to a call a TV book, easy reading that can be done when tired in the evenings after a long day instead of zoning out in front of the TV. And right now, with summer here, and me hustling to do some new things for work, it's perfect.

  • Middlemarch

    22 May 2018

    At some point, I'll be making my way back to <em>Middlemarch</em>, to savor the writing, but also to find out what else I see in these women, these women that Eliot created and fascinate me.

  • Building and maintaining a design system

    16 May 2018

    I've spent a lot of time over the past years thinking about design systems, pattern libraries, style guides, etc and I've started to see some trends in the problems that come up, especially in larger organizations, when trying to build and maintain something.

  • Truly not doing evil

    03 May 2018

    What if we defined our industry’s success by how well our work cared about people, ethics, about truly not doing evil? What would that look like? How would we change how we treat the web and how we use the web?

  • 5 women

    16 April 2018

    I'm traveling this week to honor one of the women who shaped who I am today.

  • A Wrinkle in Time Trilogy

    31 March 2018

    L'Engle creates a cast of characters that I came to love.

  • Kindred

    11 March 2018

    This is a book that made me think, in good ways, but it was also uncomfortable and difficult to read at times.

  • Salt Fat Acid Heat

    25 February 2018

    If anyone says to me that they can't cook, this will be the book I recommend they pick up to learn how.

  • True to Life

    22 February 2018

    This book was my way back into the art world and thinking about art in a more serious way than I have in many years, not since my fine arts studies in college. And now I'm on the hunt for the next one, because it fed my soul to leave the digital world and be immersed in the art world for a bit of time each week.

  • The Book of Dust: The Belle Sauvage

    22 February 2018

    I enjoyed this book and read it for the surface level, choosing to go along for the ride and not think too deeply.

  • Hawthorne on Painting

    15 February 2018

    The book is made up of advice he gave to students as he taught along with notes people must have taken as he spoke about painting.

  • Water Rat of Wenchai

    10 February 2018

    Ava Lee is a forensic accountant who is also skilled in martial arts and goes after people to get money back they've stolen from her clients.

  • Bridge to Terabithia

    10 February 2018

    If you want a good story that will occupy an afternoon, I recommend it.

  • The Stone Sky

    24 January 2018

    Jemisin builds a fascinating world, one which I'm so glad I got to look into for a while.

  • 5-minute Sketching: Landscapes

    24 January 2018

    What I love about this book is how much sketching art work the author shows from many different artists.

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