named for Gordon Ramsay and Ramesses II

• Ram
• Rams
• Ramby
• Rammy
• Chicken
• Mr. Cat
• Kitten
• Tuna Face
• Ramazon Prime
• Ramzan

• mix together 2 puzzles
• finally put old photos and documents in archival boxes
• suminagashi
• paper marbling in general
• explore the memoir ideas
• learn ancient Greek
• read a textbook on linguistics
• start a book club
• Isabel Allende master class
• cook through my cookbooks
• visit Winterthur
• visit Wagner
• create an ex libris

• Joan FitzGerald, The Pretender
• Mildred Bevel, Trust
• Agnes, Rapture
• Ingrid Yang, Disorientation

• roasted veggies with lemon and rice (+ rotisserie chicken or eggs)
• gochujang-butter-braised tofu with rice and roasted kale or broccoli
• tacos with roasted cumin broccoli or walking taco salad
• merguez and kale pasta
• sesame noodles with 6-min egg and julienned veg
• tofu with butter and soy sauce
• pesto pasta with broccoli and sausage
• pizzas with homemade sauce
• roasted chicken thighs with pesto potato and arugula salad
• chicken nugs and fries
• crispy rice satay bowls
• soy and scallion tofu bowl with stir fried greenbeans

2021

• alcoholic drink: negroni or milk punch
• ancient civilization: Minoan
• animal: black cat
• artist: Sandro Botticelli
• beach: Achlia-Galini
• cheese: blue
• chocolate: dark
• classical song: Moonlight Sonata
• coffee: iced salted honey latte
• color: emerald
• dish to make: short rib ragu
• dessert: chocolate pot de crème
• element: water
• flower: peony
• food: fatteh
• fruit: pear
• gemstone: emerald or ruby
• gelato: stracciatella
• Greek food: tiropita
• holiday: Christmas Eve

• bird:
• door:
• food:
• flower:
• leaf:
• tree:
• sky:
• heart:
• sunglasses or glasses:
• star:
• sun or moon:
• book:
• animal:
• building:
• drink:
• face:
• silhouette or shadow:
• pattern:
• water:
• something hot:
• something fluffy:

named for Nadja from What We Do in the Shadows

• Nadj
• Nadjy
• Nacho
• Nut
• Nut Baby / Baby Nut
• Baby Sweets

—lithuanian christmas/solstice

• Why Do Lithuanians Put 12 Dishes on the ...
• Tasting Christmas One Dish at a Time
• kūčia recipe_
• cranberry kissel recipe
• surelis
• winter solstice
• feast of tradition
• Christmas Eve food

—colonial Philadelphia

• fashioning Philadelphia
• 17th and 18th c american food
• Art of Cookery
• Visualizing Colonial Philadelphia
• mapping west philadelphia
• demographic development
• Colonial Era
• Sounds of the City
• 1790s maps
• 2nd street

• literary fiction :
• historical fiction :
• fantasy :
• science fiction :
• horror :
• romance :
• classic :
• nonfiction history :
• nonfiction science :
• memoir/biography :
• play :
• graphic novel :
• anthology/short story collection :
• translated book :
• book with an LGBTQIAP+ main character :
• book with disability rep :
• book by an author not from North America :
• book by a Black author who is alive :
• book by an Indigenous author :
• book by a SWANA author :
• book by a Latinx author :

i can't put it into words or fully understand why, but i find my mind returning to them and i find myself feeling them

• Primavera by Sandro Botticelli
• Pulaski at Night by Andrew Bird
• babbling brook sounds
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
• The New Pope season 1
• Bratislava, Hungary
• cacio e pepe and riesling in Brno
• Late Spring by Yasujirō Ozu
• being underwater
• Fleabag
• mountains

• read 100 books
• complete the 52 books 2026 challenge
• complete the Book Riot 2026 Read Harder challenge
• try the 75 Book challenge
• book cover scavenger hunt
• do the Anti-Brain Rot Reading Challenge created by @thisstoryaintove
• read Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
• read more classics
• read more non-fiction
• keep up with my reading journal
• read scholarly articles/get back in the game
• do a buddy read with:
  • Leah
  • Dillion
  • Kelsey
  • Mom
  • Elyse
• purchase books that have been on my list for a while

• ✔ Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
• ✔ The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
• ✔ Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith
• ✔ Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
• ✔ Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
• ✔ A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
• Lavinia by Ursula K LeGuin
• The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji
• Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
• Invitation to a Banquet by Fuchsia Dunlop
• ✔ My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
• Elephant Rocks by Kay Ryan
• ✔ Meditations in an Emergency by Frank O'Hara