Please enjoy this painting of an eagle that appears abstract from this distance.
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Antigua and Barbuda: Annie John
I am slowly working my way through countries that start with A in the Read the World (or Reading Around the World, depending where you look) Challenge. That means that after reading Transparent City from Angola, the next destination was Antigua and Barbuda. It’s another country I knew next to nothing about, so my homebound hide was excited to visit, even if it was only between the pages of a book.
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Inspired by Asmundur
My family spent spring break in Iceland in 2017. My youngest child was particularly impressed by the sculptures of Asmundur Sveinsson that were dotted around Reykjavik. Unfortunately we did not make it out to the museum bearing his name, but in the Reykjavik Art Museum, there was a little corner near one of his sculptures dedicated to letting kids create their own art. My 8-year-old translated one of his sculptures to two dimensions.
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Published in November 2021
November feels short but it was productive. Here are the links to everything I wrote that published in November.
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Cinematic Music I Like
I think it was the movie Undercover Brother that had a scene with the cool guy walking along, followed by a bunch of musicians. When someone asks who they are, he says, “That’s just my theme music.” I think a lot of us wish we had our own theme music. Sometimes I even find the right band.
