Ursula Murray Husted

A memorial tribute to comic artist Diana Green with four drawings of a tall woman smiling at the camera, sitting behind mini comics, grinning in sunglasses, and playing an electric guitar. Text: Diana Green’s laugh was loud and she took up space. She was a woman who lived in a perpetual state of limerence: people, comics, music, teaching, cartoons, and existence. I tried to say all of this at her funeral, but wasn’t able to get more than a few words out. If she had been there, to make a knee-bucklingly bad pun, I probably would made a better job of it. Diana was big in a way that made me feel less small. Miss you, Di. umh, 2026

Missing my friend, the great Diana Green.

A black and white photograph from 1937 by Russell Lee for the WPA. A big joyful Mexican-American family gathers around their kitchen table after working in the sugar beet fields of East Grand Forks, Minnesota. They are drinking cups of coffee together. There are four adults and five children. Everyone, minus one little child who looks straight at the camera, is smiling with love at a baby held warmly and securely in a woman's lap.

Mexican-American farm family in East Grand Forks, Minnesota, 1937. Photo made by Russell Lee for the WPA.

Thank you! Mella and Blue are in very good company. 💙

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Some rare good news! Botticelli's Apprentice was put on the American Library Association's selected feminist reading list. 💙
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It is an awfully good one.💙

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Designer Diary: The Two Towers: Trick-Taking Game | BoardGameGeek News

My designer diary for The Two Towers: Trick-Taking Gameis up on the BoardGameGeek homepage!

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The new Two Towers Trick-Taking Game is out today! This is a photo of the game and book with no spoilers and lots of little toy horses, towers, and other small loved things from our home.

My own @bbornmueller.bsky.social's new game is out today! It is hard here in Minneapolis, but we are still making art and taking care of our neighbors because that's what artists must do.
"Even darkness must pass."~J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

A diptych: The first with pens and pencils spread across a work table, the second with those pens neatly organized into various jars and mugs.

New Year's pen/pencil/mark-making-tibbets of all types reckoning and reconnoitering.

Day 24/the last day. 4 layer Italian chocolate squares. We both loved this one. 💙

Altered sketchbook drawing of German marzipan caramel.

Day 23: German marzipan caramel. Sparky loved this one! I liked the flavor fine, but it was a bit too sweet for me.

Altered sketchbook drawing of Swedish Glögg (mulled wine) taffy.

Day 22: Swedish Glögg (mulled wine) taffy. Not a hit with the kid. I rather liked it, but it was very strong.

Altered book sketch of pistachio cream candy from Tarfalla in Spain.

Day 21: Pistachio cream candy from Tarfalla in Spain. A delightful continuation of good things coming my way from Spain in 2025! Visually unassuming, but both the kid and I put this one at the top tier of our charts. Apparently you can take a tour of the factory. New bucket list item unlocked!

Altered sketchbook drawing of Salty liquorice taffy from Finland.

Day 20: Salty liquorice taffy from Finland which made me feel nostalgic for the high arctic. It made the kid feel deeply skeptical.

Altered sketchbook drawing of chewy yogurt candy from Greece.

Day 19: Chewy yogurt candy from Greece. I liked this one and was surprised the kid, who eats yogurt daily, emphatically did not. Chewy yogurt was just too high a bar to cross.

Altered sketchbook drawing of Turkish sour cola chewy toffee.

Day 18: Turkish sour cola chewy toffee. This was a really fascinating hard to describe candy. The cola wasn't our favorite, but I am going to seek out other flavors.

Altered sketchbook drawing of Lithuanian black current/melon jelly candy.

Day 17: Lithuanian black current/melon jelly candy. VERY sweet. Neither Sparky nor I liked this one very much.

Day 16: Bitter orange and chocolate flavored chewy toffee from Spain. I liked this one! Sparky not so much.

Day 15: Sour apple/orange taffy from Pakistan. Similar to laffy taffy. Sparky liked this one, but it wasn't my favorite.

Goat Magic from @kagwheeler.bsky.com tops our kids list, unsurprising since we hosted a launch event. A Cat Story from @umurrayhusted.bsky.social and Mooncakes have been consistent favorites in the store from 2023 to 2025! Plus we have our favorite not-lesbian transfemme rep in Girlmode. :3

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Altered sketchbook review of Selz Lemon Soda candy

Day 14: Italian lemon soda candy. I adore lemon soda and like bitter citrus, so this candy not being to my taste was kind of a bummer. Pretty typography, though.

Altered sketchbook drawing of Lithuanian Pineapple/Strawberry jelly candy.

Day 13: Lithuanian Pineapple/Strawberry jelly candy. More pineapple than strawberry and very VERY sweet. Both the kid and I were just okay on this one.

Altered sketchook illustration of chocolate cream candy blended with pistachio and hazelnut, dall'Italia

Day 12: Chocolate cream blended with pistachio and hazelnut, dall'Italia. Both the kid and I found this one to be delicious.

Day 11: "Big Frut", gooseberry jelly candy from Italy. I loved it, but Sparky is not acquiring a taste for jelly candy.