Tuesday, August 31, 2021

August Cornucopia

 

Here's the monthly roundup of links to things I've read or watched or found interesting or useful this August.

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Social Justice Sewing Academy - create and sew a memorial block/banner for the SJSA Remembrance Project.

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Christa Watson has a bunch of great tutorials on her site, I ran across them when I was looking for spray-basting advice. 

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A handy dandy guide of things to try when attempting to fix your sewing machine's automatic needle threader all by yourself. More later on if any of this works for me or not as mine is busted on my new machine😔.

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Libs Elliot has a Sew-tite using her Watcher imagery. It was a must buy for me.

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Finding yourself despairing about climate change? Try reading these:  "Don't Tell Me to Despair" or "Imagine a World of Climate Solutions."

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When I need a break from listening to podcasts about politics and current events, I've been enjoying listening to story podcasts, which are basically a new version of old-timey radio dramas. It's very different than listening to audio versions of books. Most of the ones I listen to are supernatural or horror. They vary widely in sound design and story quality, but they've all been engaging enough to stick through to the end.  Several have big name movie or tv actors whose voices you may recognize. Several of them are still ongoing too. I believe they're all available wherever you can listen to podcasts.

Aftershock - follows the aftermath of an enormous California earthquake where a new island emerges off the coast of LA.

Down - a submarine explores a new trench in the Antarctic.

Call of the Void - set in New Orleans, a palm reader and a tour guide try to solve a supernatural mystery.

Edith - a hilarious story of the first female president of the US, Edith Wilson (Woodrow Wilson's wife)

Thirteen - Really mellow short story/novella length stories with sound design that lulls.

The Sheridan Tapes - A detective pieces together what happened to a horror writer using her tapes.

The White Vault - a found footage paranormal story with an international cast, really want to see this one as a movie or tv show.

Unwell - a midwestern gothic mystery, about ghosts, conspiracies, family of blood and choice.

Old Gods of Appalachia - I really love this one, it weaves together epic and small tales of lore and horror.

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