Reading: A Darker Shade of Noir, a collection of body-horror stories by women (edited by Joyce Carol Oates).

Audio: One of my favorite news items of this month sent me into a Led Zeppelin cycle for a few days.

Video: The Crown (final season) on Netflix. Priscilla in the theater.

(Tr)eats: A fun dinner at Sweet Chick with friends after a downtown event.

Drink: Hot ginger tea with lemon, honey, and apple cider vinegar, to tame a bad head-cold.

Garb: Finally, finally pulling out some sweaters. After discarding lots of old raggedy things from my closet, I’ve added two new black cardigans to the mix, so I’m all set.

Beauty products: Rituel de Fille Thorn Pulp Crunchy Jelly Oil Cleansing Balm (rose-scented!), purchased during an early Black Friday sale. Primer and lipliner from Flyte.70, ditto.

Pleasures: My spouse’s book release and all related events. Thanksgiving with family. Exhibition opening parties at work.

Plans: Attending a perfume swap, celebrating a friend’s birthday, writing Christmas cards. Getting a flu shot. Planning some events of my own for January-February.

What have you been up to?

Image: Will Carqueville for Lippincott’s, November 1895.