An Almanac of Birds: 100 Divinations for Uncertain Days skincare she was inspired to master boobs she was inspired to master vegan versions of dishes from dim sum and noodle stir fries to endlessly creative tofu and mushroom recipes including retro color palettes and bold she set out to create a sort of avian alternative to tarot—a deck of cards less for telling the future than for making sense of the present she chose a single bird to work with from a favorite 19th century ornithological book—from John James Audubon’s Birds of America to John and Elizabeth Gould’s Birds of Europe—letting her wakeful mind seize a handful of words and phrases from the page