RIP, Pelé (1940–2022), Brazilian soccer legend & a personal hero for me since my soccer-mad 1970s childhood; Audrey Eagle (1925–2022), Aotearoan botanical illustrator, writer, and co-founder of Forest & Bird; Manuel Göttsching (1952–2022), German musician and composer; Christine McVie (1943–2022), English musician and singer; Vivienne Westwood (1941–2022), English fashion designer.
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Covers from 12.1.22 through 12.30.22
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I/we own 6 of these items. I watched 10 things via streaming/Instagram/YouTube. Baltimore County Public Library system supplied 18 of the books. Libraries outside of Baltimore County, via Inter-Library Loan, supplied the other 5 items.
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Poetry:
- 11 Philadelphians, edited by Travis Macdonald
- A Bargain with the Light: Poems after Lee Miller by Jacqueline Saphra
- Boomerang | Bumerán by Achy Obejas
- Goldenrod by Maggie Smith
- Guillotine by Eduardo C. Corral
- Like a veil—on humanness, shame and Mark Baumer by Jeff Alessandrelli
- Make Me Rain by Nikki Giovanni
- Moods of a Lake by Neil M. Noble
- One for Everyone [anthology], compiled by Kathleen Watkins
- The Outlaw, the Red Ghost, Half-Lives, A Photogram Exposed by the Dirt by Zack Anderson
- Scattered Poems by Jack Kerouac
- Sweating It Out by Deborah Turner
- Undersong by Audre Lorde [1982]
- The Wandering Mountains by David Wheatley
- Woods and Clouds Interchangeable by Michael Earl Craig
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Banwcotreb:
- The Hedgerow Book by Ron Wilson [1979]
- Iceland Imagined by Karen Oslund
- The Viking Heart: How Scandinavians Conquered the World by Arthur Herman
- [Video] Let Them Talk TV presents… Stop Saying RP: Say instead SSBE (Standard Southern British English)
- [Video] Let Them Talk TV presents… How the Celts Changed the English Language
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British figures of interest:
- Beyond the Wand: The Magic & Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard by Tom Felton
- Diana: Her True Story — In Her Own Words, 25th anniversary edition, by Andrew Morton
- Tolkien: Maker of Middle-Earth by Catherine McIlwaine
- [Film] Harry & Meghan, directed by Liz Garbus
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Fiction:
- A River of Stars by Vanessa Hua
- Hedgerow by Florence Engel Randall [1967]
- Welcome to the School by the Sea by Jenny Colgan
- [SFF] The Spare Man by Mary Robinette Kowal
- [SFF] Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott
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Miscellaneous:
- The Art of Map Illustration by James Gulliver Hancock, Hennie Haworth, Stuart Hill, Sarah King
- Better Data Visualizations by Jonathan Swabish
- Woven to Wear by Marilyn Murphy
- [Video] 18th Century Beauty Myths You Shouldn't Believe by Serena Dyer
- [Video] Marvel's Defenders of the Status Quo by Pop Culture Detective
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~ AO3 Fanfics ~
- Harry Potter // read 103 works; 2,523,854 words
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Films:
- The Crown ~ 5.07–5.10
- Glass Onion, written & directed by Rian Johnson
- Good Ol' Freda, directed by Ryan White
- If These Walls Could Sing, directed by Mary McCartney
- The Sound of 007, directed by Mat Whitecross
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