5 things for the weekend 23.09

march calendar, winnie the pooh, free crochet pattern, geek girl pen pals

Mar 03, 2023

Over here the earth is starting to wake up, and growth is on my mind. Actual physical growth as in my garden, but also the idea of personal growth, which is our theme for the month in Journal Your Word and The Modern Makers Collective.

It’s a time for solidifying the habits that we’ve been forming, and deepening and expanding our creative practices. I encourage you to get curious about how you can use your current resources to get one step closer to your goals/intentions for 2023.

5 Things

1. A free crochet shawl pattern called Tubucake, which means “growth” in Fiji.
2. This yeasted cornmeal coffee cake is touted as tasting as though “cornbread and rice pudding had a baby”. I am very intrigued to try this one out!
3. Get access to a free journaling class, and get inspired to make your own journal to document your daily life in 2023
4. Remember pen pals? I had quite a few growing up. Well they still exist in this world of social media! The Geek Girl Pen Pal Club will match you with a pen pal based on similar interests.
5. Listen to A.A. Milne read from Winnie the Pooh and escape to The Hundred Acre Woods.

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I am:

Reading: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Eating: chocolate torte

Watching: Mr. Iglesias

Making: an imaginary world

Loving: lazy Friday mornings

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News from The Callaloo Collective

Our book club meeting to discuss Harlem Shuffle is this Sunday March 5th at 10 am EST. We are reading Lessons in Chemistry in March
This month I am telling all in the Meet the Maker Challenge on Instagram
Get your printable March calendar and meal planning ideas on the blog.
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