BarbChamberlain

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Summer Solstice Readings

Personal blog with heavy doses of bicycling, public policy, social justice, and family life.

I just got to show the Tom Holland Lip Sync Battle to someone who had never seen it before. What a treat!

You know the rules.

youtu.be/SgxEnEzJhBA?...
#TomHolland #Zendaya #LipSyncBattle #Umbrella #dance

Now on regular repeat in my recipe rotation: miso kale delicata squash salad. It's good now and it will be amazing in fall when I can get fresh corn, squash is in season, and my tomatoes and kale are producing. I increased the red curry paste by one teaspoon today; I'm going to increase by another teaspoon next time around because it's still not zingy. https://healthynibblesandbits.com/miso-curry-kale-delicata-salad/

#recipes #recipe #VegetarianRecipe #VeganRecipe #RecipeOfTheDay #cooking #kale #squash #vegan #vegetarian

Miso Curry Kale & Delicata Salad

I am a huge fan of the big salads. And when I say big salads, I don't mean just 5 cups of leafy greens. I want greens, protein, crunchy tidbits, sweet fixins, and most of all,

Healthy Nibbles by Lisa Lin

Excerpt from "Instead of AI" by James Crews

Let’s use our hands to do
real things—whisking eggs
for banana bread that rises
in its pan like a miracle,
the teeth of a serrated knife
cutting each perfect slice.
Let’s write our own sentences,
stringing together words
as they come, bead by bead,
to make a necklace that fits.

https://mailchi.mp/8eb13006f548/weekly-pause-instead-of-ai?e=4660b7819e

#TodaysPoem #PoemADay #poetry #poem #poems #JamesCrews #PoetryOfPresence #AI

Weekly Pause: Instead of AI

Such a good piece on creative work and what it takes to do it. (Not AI, for one thing.) https://www.joanwestenberg.com/how-to-be-inspired-without-copying/?ref=westenberg-newsletter

#creativity #JAWesterberg #writing #music #art

How to be inspired without copying

In 1713, Johann Sebastian Bach sat down at his desk in Weimar and began copying out concertos by Antonio Vivaldi. He transcribed them note for note, in his own hand, working through at least nine of the L'estro armonico concertos like a medical student dissecting a cadaver. The work was

Westenberg.
@Recalcitrant Palouse to Cascades has rougher conditions for much of the route than I'm set up for, alas.
@fedicat Yay! Enjoy listening to the birds in the early morning.

Too Small Not to Love (12 Photos)

Some street art shouts from giant walls. This collection whispers from cracks, corners, weeds, bricks, drainpipes, and forgotten bits of sidewalk. These 12 tiny works prove that the smallest interventions can completely change how we see the city. You just have to slow down enough to notice them! More: Tiny Art That Makes You Look Twice (8 Photos) 🤝 The Corner Climb — By Exitenter in Florence, Italy 🇮🇹 Exitenter turns the hard edge of a building into a tiny drama of kindness. […]

https://streetartutopia.com/2026/04/20/tiny-cute-and-clever-street-art-designs/

Too Small Not to Love (12 Photos) - STREET ART UTOPIA

Some street art shouts from giant walls. This collection whispers from cracks, corners, weeds, bricks, drainpipes, and forgotten bits of sidewalk. These 12 tiny works prove that the smallest interventions can completely change how we see the city. You just have to slow down enough to notice them! More: Tiny Art That Makes You Look […]

STREET ART UTOPIA