{"id":4517,"date":"2017-12-17T00:01:56","date_gmt":"2017-12-17T06:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4517"},"modified":"2017-12-17T07:33:27","modified_gmt":"2017-12-17T13:33:27","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-565-featuring-phoebe-wahl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4517","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #565: Featuring Phoebe Wahl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/12\/hanukkahgreetingsnewsmall.jpg\"><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\nToday&#8217;s illustration is for those of you who, this past week, celebrated the first night of Hanukkah. Also, I always like to see <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2708\">Phoebe Wahl&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong> artwork. (I was just about to send you all to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/phoebewahlshop.com\/\">Phoebe&#8217;s shop<\/a><\/strong>, which I frequent, but it looks like it&#8217;s closed for the holidays. You can always make a note for future shopping, though, because I&#8217;m telling you there is <em>such<\/em> good stuff there.) <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>Image is \u00a9 2017 by Phoebe Wahl and used by her permission.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Note for any new readers: 7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks is a weekly meeting ground for taking some time to reflect on Seven(ish) Exceptionally Fabulous, Beautiful, Interesting, Hilarious, or Otherwise Positive Noteworthy Things from the past week, whether book-related or not, that happened to you. New kickers are always welcome.<\/p>\n<p><center><font size=3><strong>* * * Jules&#8217; Kicks * * *<\/strong><\/font><br \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=4><strong>1)<\/strong><\/font> YAY, ALABAMA!<\/p>\n<p><font size=4><strong>2)<\/strong><\/font> Remember <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4486\">this recent post<\/a><\/strong>? Yuko has just signed with <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writershouse.com\/\">Writers House<\/a><\/strong>! Congrats to her! <\/p>\n<p><font size=4><strong>3)<\/strong><\/font> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarysue.com\/noelle-stevenson-she-ra-netflix\/\">She-Ra in the hands of Noelle Stevenson.<\/a><\/strong> WOO HOO! <\/p>\n<p><font size=4><strong>4)<\/strong><\/font> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/12\/14\/books\/gates-tatar-book-african-american-folk-tales.html?smid=tw-nytimesarts&#038;smtyp=cur\">This book<\/a><\/strong> is now a new addition to my Christmas wish list. <\/p>\n<p><font size=4><strong>5)<\/strong><\/font> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2017\/12\/15\/570806606\/on-christmas-eve-a-stolen-bicycle-and-a-lesson-in-giving\">This StoryCorps piece<\/a><\/strong> is beautiful. (Also, Knoxville represents!)<\/p>\n<p><font size=4><strong>6)<\/strong><\/font> Pastor Mike McBride, as quoted in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2017\/12\/13\/570387472\/remarkable-win-sends-democratic-candidate-to-u-s-senate?utm_campaign=storyshare&#038;utm_source=twitter.com&#038;utm_medium=social\">this NPR piece<\/a><\/strong> from moment 1:45 to 2:32. What he said, as I am utterly baffled on a consistent basis by extreme conservatives&#8217; ideas of Christianity.  <\/p>\n<p><font size=4><strong>7)<\/strong><\/font> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/customer-reviews\/R2JH19STUTGJGN\/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&#038;ASIN=B017V0MMIE\">This Amazon customer review<\/a><\/strong> (about a mug shaped like a Dungeons &#038; Dragon die) cracked me up. <\/p>\n<p>What are <strong><font size=4>YOUR<\/font><\/strong> kicks this week? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Today&#8217;s illustration is for those of you who, this past week, celebrated the first night of Hanukkah. Also, I always like to see Phoebe Wahl&#8217;s artwork. (I was just about to send you all to Phoebe&#8217;s shop, which I frequent, but it looks like it&#8217;s closed for the holidays. You can always make a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-seven-good-things-before-monday","category-picture-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4517\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}