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After Friendsgiving
Nov. 28th, 2022 04:34 pmOur family had a great time at our Friendsgiving celebration. Aside from the copious food and drink, we had fun experimenting with RB's extensive collection of inks. I was slightly obsessed with the names of the various ink colors. If I could have any job, I'd love to make up color names for paints and makeup and inks. My favorite colors from this session were Polar Blue (a deep, almost cobalt blue with a violet sheen), Yama Budo (a rich violet on the pink/red end of the spectrum), and Dungó Wasp (a bright yellow-orange).
Another activity we did the day after the feast was play Wingspan, a beautifully illustrated board game that revolves around birds. It comes with little eggs (flattened on the bottom so they can stand up on the board) and food tokens representing berries, seeds, fish, mice, and invertebrates. I am a slow learner, but with the quick start instructions, I was starting to get the hang of it. Here is a profile of the game and its designer, Elizabeth Hargrave.
Once home again, our family finished watching Naomi, a superhero tv show created by Ava DuVernay and Jill Blankenship, based on a comic book series. Sadly, it was cancelled after the first season. It got good reviews but maybe not enough viewers? I didn't think it was amazing, but it was actiony and family friendly and no more ridiculous than the other superhero CW shows. It was full of minority actors, which may explain why it wasn't given much of a chance to find its audience.
Today, in between bits of work, I continued buying Christmas gifts for the extended family. I didn't get a chance to work on the novel, but I figured some stuff out over the holiday, so I'm eager to return to it tomorrow.
Another activity we did the day after the feast was play Wingspan, a beautifully illustrated board game that revolves around birds. It comes with little eggs (flattened on the bottom so they can stand up on the board) and food tokens representing berries, seeds, fish, mice, and invertebrates. I am a slow learner, but with the quick start instructions, I was starting to get the hang of it. Here is a profile of the game and its designer, Elizabeth Hargrave.
Once home again, our family finished watching Naomi, a superhero tv show created by Ava DuVernay and Jill Blankenship, based on a comic book series. Sadly, it was cancelled after the first season. It got good reviews but maybe not enough viewers? I didn't think it was amazing, but it was actiony and family friendly and no more ridiculous than the other superhero CW shows. It was full of minority actors, which may explain why it wasn't given much of a chance to find its audience.
Today, in between bits of work, I continued buying Christmas gifts for the extended family. I didn't get a chance to work on the novel, but I figured some stuff out over the holiday, so I'm eager to return to it tomorrow.
