{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6345cd91f511a80012c19893/6812c475cea668298680f7e6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Make the Best of this Test","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6345cd91f511a80012c19893/1748370184964-b6f3df46-b2d9-4a18-b3c5-18f4db14ccfb.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>To have something better, we have to dream it first. Whatever form it takes, you are allowed to create for yourself, for the joy and discovery it brings.</p><p><br></p><blockquote>All&nbsp;of us have to&nbsp;learn&nbsp;how to invent our&nbsp;lives, make them up,&nbsp;imagine&nbsp;them...If we don't, our lives get made up for us by other&nbsp;people. - Ursula K. Le Guin: The Operating Instructions in&nbsp;<em>The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination</em>&nbsp;(2004)</blockquote><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://linktr.ee/amyleannrichardson?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaez6VWQXurGdB8eDoqB4kp0PzJyEDuVGY_hKRhVnDV62QqZlpGShgkLd_5mmA_aem_YhJTGYqHMFgZ6n3ipn9Eeg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Amy Le Ann's tree of links</a></p><p><br></p><p>🛋️ <a href=\"https://open.acast.com/networks/6345cd91f511a80012c19895/shows/6345cd91f511a80012c19893/episodes/lamplit.net\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Come over to Lamp Lit and say hi!</a> 🛋️</p><p><br></p><p>Mentions:</p><p><a href=\"https://www.rebeccagaylehowell.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Rebecca Gayle Howell</a></p><p><a href=\"https://appalshoparchive.org/news/the-covid-garden-a-story-writing-workshop/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Covid Garden Workshop</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.rossgay.net/the-book-of-delights\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Ross Gay, Book of Delights</a></p><p><a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/track/4kWB1z8syoDPl12sA4Zux2?si=af1e0815f84f4121\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Guy Clarke, Cold Dog Soup</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.kfw.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Kentucky Foundation for Women</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/andimarietillman/?hl=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Andi Tillman</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/apharbormusic/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">A.P. Harbor</a></p><p><a href=\"https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250132147/thehourofland/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Terry Tempest Williams, The Hour of Land</a></p><p>University Press of Kentucky</p><p><a href=\"https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/co-conspirators/e-ky-mutual-aid/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Eastern Kentucky Mutual Aid</a></p><p><a href=\"https://williecarver.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Willie Carver Jr.</a></p><p><br></p><p>Good people doing good things ---&gt;</p><p><a href=\"https://linktr.ee/foodnotbombshtx\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Food Not Bombs</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://give.randomacts.org/campaign/random-acts-natural-disaster-recovery-fund/c627289\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Random Acts Natural Disaster Recovery</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://inara.org/gaza/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">INARA</a> <a href=\"https://ceasefiretoday.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Cease Fire Today</a>, <a href=\"https://www.map.org.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">MAP</a>, <a href=\"https://irusa.org/middle-east/palestine/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Islamic Relief for Palestine</a>, <a href=\"https://gabusittahchildrensfund.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Ghassan Abu Sittah Children's Fund</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.legacyofwarfoundation.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Legacy of War Foundation</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.unrefugees.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">UNHCR</a>,</p><p><br></p><p>*I profit off nothing in this bizarre hubristic venture. It is a vehicle for expression, education, and artistic play (probably a little bit of a humiliation kink too if we're being honest here lol).</p><p>**Hey hey, btw, all those do gooders I link to? They have no idea who I am and have nothing to do with me (and I like it that way). I just think they're neat.</p>","author_name":"Michael Chilcutt"}