In November while in upstate New York, we took a small afternoon trip to Saratoga Springs, a small, relatively affluent college town near where @seanbala grew up. We made two stops. One was Lyrical Ballad Bookstore. It was an amazing warren of shelves and lots of old books, maps, newspapers, and pictures. Funny thing is that even though he grew up here, this was Sean's first time going!
@seanbala@bookstodon Afterwards, we went to Uncommon Ground, a local coffee shop that makes its own bagels and roasts its own coffee. We got one of the best mochas we've had in a long time and a bagel with some schmear. Worth checking out if you ever visit!
@seanbala read a book while @dohappybelove did some painting. A good afternoon that we needed at that moment.
📚 Just finished reading: When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago (1993)
An autobiography, it is the first of three installments, followed by Almost a Woman and The Turkish Lover. Beginning with Santiago's life in Macún, a sector of Candelaria barrio in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, it details the circumstances that led to her mother bringing her and her siblings to New York and adjustment to life in America.
#Today, 150 years ago, Lola Ridge was born in Dublin. She was to become a modernist #poet, a leading figure in the #modernist movement in #NewYork , a very prominent #anarchist#activist and campaigner für women's rights, the rights of immigrants and the poor. Lola Ridge has had a small renaissance since her biography came out 2016, but she could be read more widely. #writingWomen#womenwriter #poetry#20s#SaccoAndVanzetti