Music Monday: Ed Sheeran How Would You Feel (Paean)
Katie 
Ed Sheeran released another song recently, this time for his birthday! One the one hand, I like the slower releases because I can listen to just the one track without having to carve out a lot of free time but on the other then I feel obligated to come up with something to write for each song on its own for a blog post… and sometimes that’s not easy. And on the other other hand… it gives me more fodder for Music Monday posts 🙂
How Would You Feel is more of a ballad, which if you know me at all are never my favorites. But John Mayer plays on it and… he is always my favorite. So that is a plus. And it’s just nice to have Ed back again 🙂 I am looking forward to the rest of Divide from Ed, so far I have been liking what I am hearing and hoping that a tour will be making its way to the US in due time as well.
Everybody Curses, I Swear is by Carrie Keagan. I recognize her from VH1 Morning Buzz Live but you may recognize her from her YouTube videos. The beginning of this book warns that if you offended by curse words (and at about 2 paragraphs in, she has already used a LOT) then you should pick out a different book to read. A couple of paragraphs below that she lists 80 curse words – since the average person swears 80 times a day! The list is in alphabetical order and some of these I don’t even consider to be swears so I would venture to guess I’m well above average in the “Daily Cursing” department!
Bless This Mother-effing Home is a book of sweet stitches for snarky bitches. I have seen some similar crafts online and always get a good laugh out of them so when I saw there was a whole book of them, created by someone else named Katie, I had to check it out. Cross-stitch is a craft I have done before with some success, provided that it is printed and not counted. Katie has been selling her crafts on her etsy page but after getting some publicity on the show GIRLS things have taken off for her. The cross stitches in the book are all cutesy and adorable, as one would expect, but the text on them are a bit unexpected and anyone with a sense of humor would surely find one or five that they feel the need to have in their home. My favorites are probably the ones based on rap lyrics like “mo money mo problems” and “y’all gonna make me lose my mind up in here, up in here”. If you don’t crack a smile at least once when reading through this book you may need to consult a doctor.
If you’re like me, you may have grown up reading “Goodnight, Moon”. This book is an unauthorized parody from MAD Magazine and instead of saying goodnight to the moon and everything in the room, Batman says goodnight to his Batcave and everything and every one around. The illustrations are really nice and the book is cute for the young Batman fan who just needs one more book read to him/her before bed!
Yarn Whirled: Fairy Tales, Fables and Folklore is another crafty book that I was looking forward to reading. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to get the formatting for it 100% correct to be able to read everything, but it seems like these characters may be a better start for me before diving into learning something like crochet. These are more made of folded yarn. I loved seeing all the fairies and the other folklore characters that were created. With my limited hand-eye coordination I think that these types of creations are more my style. The outcome is really adorable too. There are humans as well as other characters shown in the book, like adorable little brown bears and characters from the nutcracker too. The details on the tutus of the ballerinas and the wings of the fairies are absolutely amazing. If you’re looking to make some characters in a way that might be a little bit easier than with crocheting, this is the book for you.