What you should read next – May 2020 – “The wind that carries you away like a kite will blow you on your back if you turn to face it.”

By | May 18, 2020
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Hello, dear reader. I’m sorry I’ve been so lackadaisical about posting recently. The quarantine has me feeling very unproductive and I have been bombing on my resolutions chart. For the first time in my adult life, I paid for a streaming service (Hulu) and I’m watching Law and Order: SVU from the beginning instead of… Read More: What you should read next – May 2020 – “The… »

March was a roaring success! You know, besides the whole global pandemic thing

By | April 1, 2020
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I picked a really good month to start eating at home. In late February — because my March resolutions chart told me to — I began meal planning, grocery shopping, and prepping to not eat out. Because of this, I didn’t really notice until much later than normal that the rest of the world was… Read More: March was a roaring success! You know, besides the whole… »

What you should read next – March 2020 – “You don’t believe the sky is falling until a chunk of it falls on you.”

By | March 10, 2020
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Book reviews, bitches! Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro This was the first book I read after my December binge and I could not get into it to save my life. I normally give up on books after 99 pages if I’m not feeling it, but my good friend recommended it, so I wanted… Read More: What you should read next – March 2020 – “You… »

The pillars of joy

By | February 2, 2020
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Have you read The Book of Joy? I think about this book regularly. The authors discuss eight different components to finding joy. Four pillars for the mind and four pillars for the heart. I find myself trying to list all the pillars when I’m not feeling joyful. I think I’m really good at some of… Read More: The pillars of joy »