{"id":4777,"date":"2018-12-16T00:01:28","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T06:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4777"},"modified":"2018-12-17T18:46:45","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T00:46:45","slug":"7imps-7-kicks-617-featuring-julie-morstad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4777","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #617: Featuring Julie Morstad"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nI’ve had a very busy week and have an even busier one ahead, so I’m not exactly going to wax rhapsodic and in depth today here at 7-Imp on any one brand-new picture book, as I am wont to do on Sundays. I thought I’d post a holiday image, and I have a winter-esque one instead. This is from illustrator Julie Morstad \u2014 an image from Sara O’Leary’s<\/a><\/strong> When I Was Small<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, published back in 2012. How I love that book and this image. Julie is one of my favorite illustrators, and if you want to linger at her site (highly recommended), it is here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

May this post find you all as warm \u2014 and snug \u2014 as the girl pictured here. <\/p>\n


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\nImage reproduced by permission of Julie Morstad.<\/em><\/p>\n

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

* * * Jules’ Kicks * * *<\/strong><\/font>
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1)<\/strong><\/font> Good making-a-book news this week! <\/p>\n

2)<\/strong><\/font> The lights of the holidays. The music of the holidays. <\/p>\n

3)<\/strong><\/font> The way Chelsea Clinton consistently handles her haters. (I spent entirely too long trying to find an example of a tweet where someone, say, slams her appearance and she responds to them with absolute graciousness, while simultaneously and gently calling them out on their cruelty or ignorance or what-have-you. But I can’t find any examples, because she is so good at it that most of those losers end up deleting their original tweet.)<\/p>\n

4)<\/strong><\/font> Although it was very difficult to hear, I made it through the new podcast Believed<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, which is ultimately about the power of young girls and women to make their voices heard. <\/p>\n

5)<\/strong><\/font> I love to see year-end best-of lists, especially with books and music, including BookPage’s<\/em> list<\/strong><\/a> from this week. <\/p>\n

6)<\/strong><\/font> I got tickets for the whole family to see Lowland Hum<\/a><\/strong> in February. <\/p>\n

7)<\/strong><\/font> I am really looking forward to a break from work, coming up soon, and my girls’ break from homework, coming up soon, during the holidays. <\/p>\n

What are YOUR<\/font><\/strong> kicks this week?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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