5 things for the weekend 25.01
new year blessings, printable calendars, air dry clay, most borrowed books, illustrated diaries
Happy New Year! I hope 2025 finds you rested, refreshed and ready for new adventures.
5 Things
1. Let’s begin the year with some blessings from The Marginalian.
2. Be ready to plan the year ahead with these printable month on a page calendars for 2025.
3. Looking for a new craft? How about working with air dry clay? Take a stab at one (or more) of these air dry clay tutorials.
4. What were the most borrowed library books (in the US) in 2024?
5. I loved these five different ideas of how people keep a diary.
News from The Callaloo Collective
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The Book Club meets this Sunday, January 5th to discuss Recitatif* by Toni Morrison
I am:
Reading: A Stranger in the Citadel* by Tobias Bucknell
Eating: black cake
Making: time for reflection and planning
Planning: the start of the year
Drinking: sorrel
Loving: being warm and cosy
What are you doING?
““This is how you heal, niña. You are thoughtful about what you offer yourself; you study what you put out.” - Elizabeth Acevedo
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I’m so jealous that you’re eating black cake. DM me a piece, please lol!
I need to try to make gluten-free black cake this year. Adding it to my 2025 list. I love those dairy examples, and thanks for the blessing.