Welcome to the Volume 4 of OTF’s Book Club! Blaze selected four titles for the team to choose from and Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s international bestseller, Before the Coffee Gets Cold, was chosen. Did we finally pick a book that was enjoyable? *spoiler alert* Yes! Well, at least 4/5 of us thought so. Heck, some of us even bought the sequels! If you’ve kept up with any of our previous bookclub podcasts, you will know that we have a very bad track record when it comes to book picks, so we were really happily surprised to find out that the fourth time was the charm!
As for our next book club pick? Well it was finally Kayla’s time to provide some titles and to say Kayla delievered is an understatement. Much to pretentious Shelby’s horror, we will be reading Praise (Salacious Players Club #1) by Sara Cate. God help us.
Shit We’re Loving: LISTEN
Our Pick: OUR PODCASTS DUH
Book Club Podcasts:
Book Club Vol 1 // The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
Book Club Vol 2 // The Book of Living Secrets by Madeleine Roux
Book Club Vol 3 // Too Late by Colleen Hoover
Stoner Stories Episodes:
A Stoned Conversation (2022)
Mad High Libs (2023)
Other Episodes:
Show Your Support: Bee City USA
In 2023, OTF will now spotlight four charities, showing our support on a quarterly basis instead of monthly. Though this does mean we’re not highlighting as many organizations as before, this will allow for more time on the important aspect of writing, while still doing what OTF was created to do which is support writing and each other. For the new quarterly SYS organizations, OTF will donate $200 to each hand-selected charity. This Spring Quarter (April, May, June), we spotlight Bee City USA.
With Earth Day happening late April (the 22nd), and with spring being a time for absolute renewal, we chose an environmental charity to support this quarter. Bee City USA provides a framework for communities to come together to conserve native pollinators by providing them with a healthy habitat that is rich in a variety of native plants, that provides nest sites, and that is protected from pesticides. As the name suggests, the focus of Bee City USA is bees and primarily our native species.
Since 2019, there have been more than 2,566 habitat projects (think gardens, meadows, orchards) completed, totaling over 3,800 acres.
The steps that Bee City affiliates take to conserve our native bees, including creating safe habitats and hosting community events, will also help other pollinators, including butterflies and moths, as well as the non-native honeybee. One of the most impactful actions any affiliate can take is to encourage others to think beyond the honeybee—there are more than 3,600 species of bees in this country!—and recognize the true diversity of bees that sustain our communities. For the quarter, OTF has already donated $200 to Bee City and encourages you to give and/or promote what you can.
Daily Intention:
Today I choose…
to sip my coffee.
Here’s some nifty buttons for you to press, enjoy: