My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com Books

I got The Long Dark for 3€ about a week ago and it has absolutely consumed me. Here's a gratuitous screenshot of a pretty game location ❄️

I’m really only just getting into it but I genuinely love birding as a hobby. The entire goal is to look at the bird. Is there a bird? There is a bird! Look at the bird! If you are very keen you can learn what to call the bird so that you can properly thank it for the joy you feel when you see it. 🪶

Despite it all, spring will come 🌸

Flower cat :)

#art #illustration

OK, gonna throw this spicy bomb out there.

If you're fortunate enough to have disposable income, then right now it is your duty to use that income wisely. You have agency over how you spend it and you should own how you spend it.

Your decisions do, in fact, affect stock prices of big corporations.

Each time I finished a book from Ursula Le Guin, I'd need a few months to fully recover, to process the experience and to let go of her worlds. I decided to pick up The Word for World is Forest today. I think I am finally ready to be blown away once again.

Currently reading Lovecraft's Color out of Space. It's delightfully creepy in case you need to take mind off current events for a bit. It's also in the public domain and accessible on Project Gutenberg completely for free! 📚