Thursday update

[lunabee34]

1. I got the cutest cat mug with some lovely tea to brew in it from amejisuto! <3 <3

And a postcard from oracne! <3 <3


2. I finally signed the contract with MLA for that book chapter they accepted on teaching Harriet Jacobs literally years ago before the pandemic, so looks like that is actually coming out this year. I'll believe it when I hold it in my hot little hands. LOL


3. We spent a great day searching out a new cologne for Josh since his beloved Fresh Cannabis Santal has been discontinued. I think he has settled on Atkinsons 41 Burlington Arcade. It has some of the same notes as his beloved scent (patchouli, musk, vetiver), but introduces some new notes that he really likes (me, too LOL).

I'm digging the new perfume lines that Dillards is carrying; the flagship in Atlanta has even more brands that I wanted to smell. I was disappointed that Jo Malone and Van Cleef and Arpels, for example, are only stocked there.



4.

Quarterly Review of Literature by T. Weiss

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


So, apparently the Quarterly Review of Literature once held an international poetry book competition, and they would publish the winners (4-6) in one volume; I can't tell how often the competition ran (yearly?) or if it still runs, but the winners got a chapbook of poetry published, a thousand dollar prize, and a hundred books, which is a pretty sweet deal.

This volume contains Dissolving Borders by Lynne Knight, Moondog by Jean Hollander, The Weight of the Heart by David Citino, Is This the Way to Athens? by Barbara D. Holender, and Across Bucharest after Rain by Maria 'Banus in translation by Diana Der-Hovanessian and Mary Mattfield.

Really enjoy Knight's collection (although the preponderance of seed for semen gets tedious), Citino's collection, and Holender's collection. Do not care for Hollander's collection at all and am mostly neutral to 'Banus's collection.



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Comments

[lunabee34]

Hopefully it'll go to print by fall. *crosses fingers*

He's so sad that his favorite scent is being discontinued, but he really likes this one we found. I had a system. I brought a bunch of ziploc bags and we sprayed a bunch of stuff on the testing strips and bagged them up and brought them home; he also sprayed the one he likes on himself. And then he could continue to sniff it over the course of a few days to make sure he liked it.

[amejisuto]

What a great idea! The testing, that is. Mom went and tried on a perfume, oh, thirty years or so ago. It smelled good in the air so she tried some on herself. With her body chemistry, it made it smell like bad cigarettes and she had to walk around smelling like that all day. I think your way is better!

[lunabee34]

Oh, yeah. You have to be so careful. :(

I've had that happen to me many a time, fortunately at home so I could immediately scrub it off.