Hello, everyone! It’s been too long!
Happy New Year! As we start 2025 with all of the uncertainty that brings, I want to reiterate my appreciation for this community. I hope your holiday celebrations were exactly as you envisioned them, whether big or small. I personally have been on a campaign for “quiet Christmas-ing,” a phrase coined by one of my friends. Instead of traveling for the holidays, she stayed home and made smashburgers. My partner and I made cheesy carby dishes and two easy cookies (toffee chocolate + peppermint chocolate meringues).
For Christmas, I received the coveted Rivendell LEGO set! Now begins the hemming and hawing of where to build it. We gifted our cats a new scratch house and a window bird feeder for prime cat TV watching. My partner received new slippers and a beautiful D20 lamp.
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Vanity Fair wrote a piece on the new era of Hallmark movies. Did you partake this year? Any favorites you want to shoutout?
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If you’re in the Maryland area, McDaniel College has a “Romancing the Novel” exhibition. It runs January 6th through March 7th. There will be a public reception on February 6th.
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The Bitter Southerner‘s best albums of 2024 is truly a celebration of women. If you need some music recommendations, definitely peruse the list.
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I’m a sucker for an animal cam! The IG algorithm delivered and showed me a reel about someone’s dad building a cute outdoor cat condo for local feral cats. They live in Minnesota and the winters can get brutal. Now, they’ve launched a cat cam so you can keep an eye on the kitties!
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Don’t forget to share what cool or interesting things you’ve seen, read, or listened to this week! And if you have anything you think we’d like to post on a future Wednesday Links, send it my way!
