Friday Finds | August 28, 2020 is here. This has been another tough week in 2020. My thoughts are with the people affected by social injustice and unrest, wildfires, illness, and weather. So basically the whole WORLD! There are simply no words to describe the feelings in my heart. So I am going to move onto the things I use to help me fight overwhelm: Reading, Cooking (and eating), and weaving.
Friday Finds | August 28, 2020 – Books
Copy Boy: A Novel by Shelley Blanton-Stroud
Jane’s a very brave boy. And a very difficult girl. She’ll become a remarkable woman, an icon of her century, but that’s a long way off.
Not my fault, she thinks, dropping a bloody crowbar in the irrigation ditch after Daddy. She steals Momma’s Ford and escapes to Depression-era San Francisco, where she fakes her way into work as a newspaper copy boy.
Everything’s looking up. She’s climbing the ladder at the paper, winning validation, skill, and connections with the artists and thinkers of her day. But then Daddy reappears on the paper’s front page, his arm around a girl who’s just been beaten into a coma one block from Jane’s newspaper―hit in the head with a crowbar.
Jane’s got to find Daddy before he finds her and before everyone else finds her out. She’s got to protect her invented identity. This is what she thinks she wants. It’s definitely what her dead brother wants.
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Humanities Cry For Change by Kate Heartsong
Why are more people than ever exploring books about antiracism, conscious business practices, equity, diversity, and mindfulness? We are fearful and unhappy about what’s happening globally. The COVID-19 pandemic, climate crisis, economic uncertainty, and deadly shootings affect each of us. Many of us—and humanity as a whole—are living with deep pain and we want relief!
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The German Client – A Bacci Pagano Investigation by Bruno Morchio
Private investigator Bacci Pagano can’t resist taking the bait when his new client dangles a check with too many zeros. He should have known that where there’s bait, there’s always a hook.
In a hospital corridor, private investigator Bacci Pagano is keeping watch over Jasmìne Kilamba. If she lives, her testimony will shatter a notorious human trafficking ring. Seemingly out of nowhere, he is approached by an elderly German named Kurt Hessen who is searching for his Italian half-brother. Despite his better judgment, Pagano accepts the job. So many things, good and evil, happened when the Nazis occupied Genoa in 1944, what did it matter now? But it matters very much to someone and Pagano finds himself plunged into a world of old secrets and new lies in this wartime thriller where the bill for the sins of the past has come due . . . with interest.
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Beautiful Beast by E.J. Hill
My name is Kalista. They call me the beast.
Kalista has been cursed by a powerful sorceress and is now a prisoner in her own palace. As petals fall from an enchanted rose, her fate and the sorceress’s victory draw nearer. But Kalista refuses to be defeated so easily and uses her own magic to push against the bindings. Yet what if it is not enough and the only way the curse might be shattered is through the help of another?
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Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain
From New York Times, bestselling author Diane Chamberlain comes a novel of chilling intrigue, a decades-old disappearance, and one woman’s quest to find the truth…
“A novel about arts and secrets…grippingly told…pulls readers toward a shocking conclusion.”—People magazine, Best New Books
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In case you missed it on the blog this week!
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Friday Finds | August 28, 2020 – Recipes
Last week I listed recipes for zucchini. This week, I’m tackling those excess tomatoes in your garden or that you picked up at the farmers market.
Herbed Tomato Tart from Erica’s Recipes
Fresh Tomato Soup from Raising Generation Nourished
Easy Refrigerator Pickled Cherry Tomatoes from Little Sprouts Learning
Friday Finds | August 28, 2020 – Creative Projects
This week seems like a good time to remind everyone of the calming effects of pin loom weaving. There is something remarkably soothing about the simple repetitive nature of weaving. I have a couple of instructive posts available on the website. My tutorial on learning to weave on the Zoom Loom is one of my most popular posts. The Zoom Loom was created by weaver John Mullarkey from St. Louis, MO. The man is a genius. It’s so simple and relaxing to do, yet you can create items as intricate and involved as you want. Once you master the 4-inch square or the bookmark loom, you can move on to looms of so many shapes and sizes. These are some of my favorites. If you need a small project to give yourself a little mental-health break, won’t you give these looms a chance?
That’s it for this week. Please leave a comment and let me know what you liked this week, or even what you didn’t. I am always interested in what you have to say.
I hope wherever you are in the world today, you are safe and healthy.
Gina
The refrigerator pickled cherry tomatoes look really interesting! I’ll have to come back to that once I go over to my garden and find more cherry tomatoes!