{"id":1556,"date":"2020-09-20T13:28:40","date_gmt":"2020-09-20T20:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digitalmanticore.com\/?p=1556"},"modified":"2020-09-20T13:28:40","modified_gmt":"2020-09-20T20:28:40","slug":"a-week-in-the-life-september-20-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalmanticore.com\/?p=1556","title":{"rendered":"A Week in the Life: September 20, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yesterday evening I discovered that our pantry was overrun by ants. I pulled out a fairly sticky bottle of honey only to discover that it was covered in them\u2014just what we need on a Saturday night in 2020. Fortunately, the ants seemed singularly focused on the honey and had ignored the temptations of bags of chocolate chips and of powdered sugar secured only with a twist tie. Currently, the contents of my pantry have been relocated to the kitchen table. We’ve murdered all the pantry ants and Kirk went outside to spray down their trail with Windex (I read that this masks their chemicals so they can’t find their way). I’m not sure how the ants were getting in, but what we’ve done has motivated them to stay away; I haven’t seen any this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LET THIS BE A WARNING<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Consuming<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here are some things I’ve recently read, watched, or bought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Books and Other Words<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Miracle Country<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Miracle Country<\/a> by Kendra Atleework is a memoir about life in the difficult parts of California. Atleework grew up on a little town on the east side of the Sierras and she gives us a look like what it’s like growing up there. The book takes on family, illness, climate change, and California water politics (you know, just a few subjects). Ateework’s childhood has an air of the fantastical to it, which comes from living in a difficult place and being a child of people drawn to difficult places. I liked the writing style and the way Atleework told her story. The book is well researched too, discussing the area’s native people and some of the history behind L.A. siphoning off most of the area’s water. It’s interesting to me, as a child of southern California, how little I knew about where our water came from. In contrast, kids in the Sierras never stop thinking about where their water is going. I appreciated this book as a window into how other Californians live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile on the internet:<\/p>\n\n\n\n